Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka became South Africa’s first female Deputy President in 2005. She began her career as a teacher before moving into development, working inside and outside South Africa during the apartheid years. She has been Youth Director for the World YWCA, and director of TEAM, a non-government development organisation in Cape Town. Ms.Mlambo-Ngcuka entered government as a deputy minister, then served six years as Minister for Minerals and Energy before becoming Deputy President. She resigned in September 2008 following President Thabo Mbeki’s resignation.