Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge
/Overview
Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge born Magog, KwaZulu June 29, 1952. Quaker pacifist, negotiated end of Apartheid and new constitution; Dep. Minister of Defence 1999-2004 using army for peacekeeping in Africa; fired as Dep. Minister of Health 2007 after calling AIDS policy a disaster.
Quotations
"Women must be at the peace table. . . While wars do indeed begin in the minds of men, it is in the minds of men and women that the defences of peace must be constructed." (July 20, 2004: photo quakersintheworld.org)