Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu

Hendrietta Bogopane-Zulu (born 11 March 1971) is a South African politician and activist who served as Deputy Minister of Social Development from 26 May 2014 until 19 June 2024. She was succeeded by Ganief Hendricks on 3 July 2024. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly from 1999 to 2019 Quotes I always say there are days that I just want to walk away, but as a parent of two disabled children who are waiting for me at home, I always say to myself I am actually doing it for my children and that keeps me going because I always aim to create a better South Africa, After 20 years of freedom, South African Parliament has had more than 40 members of Parliament with disabilities, had Ministers and had Deputy Ministers, have disabled people employed across different spheres, have judges in the different courts, magistrates… Disabled people were seen as welfare cases. They were put in institutions, denied access to education and seen as people who needed to be looked after. Disabled people are owning businesses, they are also getting the famous things called tenders like everybody else and they are also growing their businesses. They have access to financing for disabled entrepreneurs, which is something we never used to have,” External links Category:Living people