Phindiwe Sangweni

Phindiwe Dlamini-Sangweni (born 2 December 1963, as Princess Phindiwe Rita Dlamini) is a South African attorney and businesswoman. She is currently a member of the African National Congress and is Chairwoman of Purple Tree Holdings, a private company. Phindiwe is a Principal Princess of the Nhlangwini royal family, Princess of the Zulu Royal Family and is a cousin of Mswati III, King of Swaziland. She has assets estimated at US$30 million from various investments and shareholdings on the New York Stock Exchange and Johannesburg Stock Exchange.

Phindiwe Dlamini-Sangweni
Personal details
Born
Phindiwe Rita Dlamini

(1963-12-02) 2 December 1963
Ixopo, South Africa
NationalitySouth African
Spouse(s)Divorce
ChildrenMakhosini "Omari" Dlamini
Nikita Dlamini
OccupationFormer Constitutional Court Director, South Africa

Dlamini-Sangweni was the first black and first female director of the Constitutional Court of South Africa She served as Director from 2002 to 2005. She then served as Smangaliso Mkhatshwa Executive Advisor. She then served as The Chief State Law Advisor of the Easter Cape Province from 2013 to 2017. [1][2]

Early life

Phindiwe was born in Ixopo, Kwazulu-Natal. Her parents were Inkosi C Dlamini and Inkosikati H Dlamini. At the age of two her family moved her to Umzinto. She completed her secondary schooling at Sacred Heart High School in Verulem.[3]

Education & career

In 1993, Phindiwe received a B. Proc degree in Law from the University of Natal.[3] In 2005, Sangweni served as the Executuve Advisor of Smangaliso Mkhatshwa, the executive Mayor of Pretoria.

On 16 September 2010 Phindiwe Dlamini-Sangweni delivered remarks at a briefing entitled "Traditional Leadership in the Modern World: Humanitarianism, Culture and the Diaspora" in the Rayburn House Office Building in Washington, D.C. conducted by Congressmember Diane Watson, a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee whose Los Angeles district includes Little Ethiopia. Empaneled with visiting royalty from Cameroon and Ethiopia (Prince Ermias Sahle Selassie), she described the cultural leadership exercised by reigning and deposed royalty among members of ethnic communities living in either ancestral lands or diaspora in the United Kingdom.

Children and marriage

Princess Phindiwe has two children. She was married Mhlengi Moses Sangweni in 1994 and they divorced in 1997. She has a son, Makhosini "Omari" Dlamini, was born December and she also has a daughter, Nikita Dlamini born 1995.

References
  1. "Constitutional Court Director retires". Legalbrief Today. JUTA Law. 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  2. "The National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa" (PDF). The National Prosecuting Authority. 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 June 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2011.
  3. "Princess Phindiwe Dlamini-Sangweni". Who's Who - Southern Africa. whoswhosa.co.za. 2010. Retrieved 1 January 2011.


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