Frene Noshir Ginwala, former speaker of the SA Parliament, is born

Frene Noshir Ginwala was born on 25 April 1932. She studied in the United Kingdom (UK) where she obtained a LLB degree and later a doctorate in history from the Oxford University. On her return to South Africa Ginwala completed her legal training. Ginwala got involved in politics, and as a result she had to go to exile. She worked as an African National Congress (ANC) official and a journalist in the UK and other African countries like Tanzania, Mozambique and Zambia. Ginwala’s achievements in her career over the years include being appointed the first Chancellor of KwaZulu-Natal University (UKZN)  in 2005. Prior to her return from exile in 1990, Ginwala was head of the Political Research Unit in the office of ANC President Oliver Tambo. Her most notable and better known achievement though is probably her serving as the speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1994 to 2004.