First Lady of South Africa

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The First Lady of South Africa is the title held by the wife of the President of South Africa.

First Ladies of South Africa

Apartheid-era

First Lady	State President	In Office
Cornelia Swart	Charles Robberts Swart	1961–1967
Lettie Fouché	Jacobus Johannes Fouché	1968–1975
Marga Potgeiter	Nico Diederichs	1975–1978
Martini Vorster	B. J. Vorster	1978–1979
Dorothea Viljoen	Marais Viljoen	1979–1984
Elize Botha	Pieter Willem Botha	1984-1989
Marike de Klerk	Frederik Willem de Klerk	1989-1994

Post-Apartheid era

First Lady	President	In Office
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (divorced in 1996)	Nelson Mandela	1994-1999
Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane (daughter)
Graça Machel (married in 1998)
Zanele Mbeki	Thabo Mbeki	1999-2008
Mapula Motlanthe	Kgalema Motlanthe	2008-2009
Sizakele Zuma	Jacob Zuma^{[NB 1]}	2009-Incumbent
Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma	Jacob Zuma^{[NB 1]}	2009-Incumbent

Notes

↑ both Sizakele Zuma and Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma have been referred to on the official Presidency of South Africa website as First Lady

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