LC control no. | no 92024424 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Zille, Helen |
Associated place | Johannesburg (South Africa) Cape Town (South Africa) |
Birth date | 1951 |
Place of birth | Hillbrow (Johannesburg, South Africa) |
Affiliation | Democratic Alliance (South Africa) |
Profession or occupation | Journalist Legislators Mayors Politicians |
Found in | Sachs, A. A new city for South Africa, 1991: t.p. (Helen Zille) Not without a fight, 2016: title page (Helen Zille) jacket (born in 1951 in Hillbrow, Johannesburg. Graduating from the University of the Witwatersrand; political journalist at the Rand Daily Mail. After a term in the Western Cape provincial legislature under the newly formed Democratic Alliance, she was elected as a member of parliament in 2004. In 2006 elected mayor of Cape Town and in 2007 became leader of the DA. In 2009 she was appointed premier of the province, a position that she continues to hold after stepping down as DA leader in 2015) |
Associated language | eng |