Deputy President Phumzile Mlambo is born

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, deputy president of South Africa and wife of former public prosecutor Bulelani Ngcuka, was born in Claremont, Durban. She was appointed as deputy president by President Thabo Mbeki in a gender-friendly move on 22 June 2005 after his dismissal of Jacob Zuma