Lindiwe Benedicta Hendricks (b. July 29, 1957 in Vryburg, Northern Cape

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South Africa

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n politician and a member of the National Assembly

National Assembly of South Africa

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. She has served as Minister of Water Affairs and Forestry in Kgalema Motlanthe's cabinet since 2006.

She previously served as Minister of Minerals and Energy from 2005 to 2006, and Deputy Minister of Trade and Industry from 1999 to 2005. She was a partner of Ngwane & Ngwane Attorneys, a law firm based in Durban

Durban

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, from 1986 to 1988, and was an attorney at the Supreme Court from 1995 to 1999.