Naledi Pandor

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Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor is the South African Minister of Science and Technology, serving as of 25 May 2014, having previously held the post from 2009-2012. She was Minister of Home Affairs from 2012-2014. She was appointed to the cabinet following the 2004 South African general elections. She previously served as Minister of Education (2004–2009) in the cabinets of both Thabo Mbeki and Kgalema Motlanthe.

She has the following qualifications:

• Matriculated from Gaborone Secondary School in Botswana (1972).
• BA degree and CCE, University of Botswana and Swaziland (1973 - 1977).
• Diploma in Education, University of London (1977 - 1978).
• MA in Education, University of London (1978 - 1979).
• Diploma in Higher Education, Administration and Leadership from Bryn Mawr Summer Programme (HERS) (1992).
• Diploma in Leadership in Development, Kennedy School of Government, University of Havard (1997).
• MA in General Linguistics, University of Stellenbosch (1997).