Poison Ivy dies

[Ron2K]

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Matsepe-Casaburri dies in hospital

April 07 2009 at 05:39AM

Communications Minister Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri died of natural causes on Monday night, the Presidency said.

Presidential spokesperson Thabo Masebe said on Tuesday that Matsepe-Casaburri, whose health hasn't been good in the last couple of months, died at a Pretoria hospital. She was 71.

"She was admitted in hospital about three weeks ago, she hasn't been at work for a long time because of her health," said Masebe.

Expressing his condolences to her family and friends, President Kgalema Motlanthe said Matsepe-Casaburri was "an outstanding leader and servant of the people of South Africa".

"In her various leadership capacities and responsibilities, she has served the country with distinction, honour and selflessness," Motlanthe in a statement.

"With her incisive intellect she has made an invaluable contribution to the development of policy in various fields including Information and Communication Technology.

"On behalf of the government and the people of South Africa and, indeed on my own behalf, I express heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of Dr Ivy Matsepe-Casaburri," he said.

Among others positions, Matsepe-Casaburri was the first woman to be appointed to the board of the CSIR; the first black person and woman to become chairperson of SENTECH; the first female and black chairperson of the board of the South African Broadcasting Corporation from 1993 1997.

She was also the first female premier, as premier of the Free State from 1997 to 1999. In 1999 she became a member of Parliament and minister of communications. - Sapa

[Anthro]

Oh my,I have to hold my comments here..

[hamin_aus]

A politician I've never heard of is dead?

Meh.

[jee]

You have not heard of her? Hmm I know her very well!

[hamin_aus]

Politicians hold very little interest for me.

Especially the ones who just do their jobs and don't get in trouble.

I could Google this woman, but I'll just assume her little obituary is mostly factual and assume she was one of the few SA politicians with a brain and the willingness to use it for things other than profiteering.

[Tribble]

They were not saying very flattering things about her on 702 this morning. They basically said that she was ineffectual. I don't know much about her but do know of her. I cannot comment.

[Rayne]

The fool who's been keeping this country in the dark ages died?

**** yeah!

[Vampyre_2099]

I'm with Jamin on this one... never heard of her, don't really care to google the whole issue

[SBSP]

I though she was a guy.


Never heard of her.

[hamin_aus]

I though she was a guy.

It's usually the other way around for me...

But I know how frustrating that can be

[Sojourn]

Is this not the woman who is in part responsible for Telkoms maintained monopoly ?

[Prime]

Finally! Ding Dong the witch is dead!

She was the nitwit responsible for allowing Telkom to screw us for so long. Unfortunately we'll probably get an equally useless prat to replace her.

[RuadRauFlessa]

OH I seriously LOL'd at your comments. This is actually hillarious. Jamin that video you posted actually comes to mind.

[SoulBlade]

Huh, wie is dit?
Sounds like a rocker junkie.

[Prime]

She was minister of Communications and head of Icasa

[hamin_aus]

OH I seriously LOL'd at your comments.

I think you are the first one to catch on...