
Zelda La Grange
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Zelda La Grange was born in Pretoria
, South Africa
on October 29, 1970. From 1994 until 1996, she served as a typist for Mary Mxadana, the private secretary to Nelson Mandela, the newly elected post-Apartheid President of South Africa. In 1996, she was promoted to assistant private secretary, and in 1999 she was again promoted to become private secretary to the Office of the President. Later in 1999, after Mandela left office, she was appointed as the executive personal assistant and spokesperson for the Nelson Mandela
Foundation in Johannesburg
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Pretoria
Pretoria is a city located in the northern part of Gauteng Province, South Africa. It is one of the country's three capital cities, serving as the executive and de facto national capital; the others are Cape Town, the legislative capital, and Bloemfontein, the judicial capital.Pretoria is...
, South Africa
South Africa
The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
on October 29, 1970. From 1994 until 1996, she served as a typist for Mary Mxadana, the private secretary to Nelson Mandela, the newly elected post-Apartheid President of South Africa. In 1996, she was promoted to assistant private secretary, and in 1999 she was again promoted to become private secretary to the Office of the President. Later in 1999, after Mandela left office, she was appointed as the executive personal assistant and spokesperson for the Nelson Mandela
Nelson Mandela
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999, and was the first South African president to be elected in a fully representative democratic election. Before his presidency, Mandela was an anti-apartheid activist, and the leader of Umkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing...
Foundation in Johannesburg
Johannesburg
Johannesburg also known as Jozi, Jo'burg or Egoli, is the largest city in South Africa, by population. Johannesburg is the provincial capital of Gauteng, the wealthiest province in South Africa, having the largest economy of any metropolitan region in Sub-Saharan Africa...
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