Maite Nkoana-Mashabane
/Overview
Maite Nkoana-Mashabane born Makgobaskloof, Limpopo, South Africa September 30, 1963. Anti-Apartheid leader; diplomat: Minister of International Relations 2009, High Commissioner to India 1999, Malaysia 1995; Chaired UN Climate conference Durban 2011.
Quotations
On the Libya war: "South Africa condemns the violence against civilians perpetrated by all parties as well as to the damage to civilian infrastructure. South Africa calls on the international community, including the United Nations Security Council to focus its energies on finding a political solution to the Libyan crisis and not a military one." (United Nations, June 16, 2011; photo thenewage.co.za)