Ms Angelina "Angie" Matsie Motshekga is the Minister of Basic Education in the Republic of South Africa since 11 May 2009 and was reappointed to this portfolio on 26 May 2014 and was again reappointed on 29 May 2019. She is also a member of the African National Congress (ANC) National Executive Committee and the President of the ANC Women's League (ANCWL) since 2007. She holds a Master's degree from Wits University; a Bachelor of Educational Science degree from the University of the Witwatersrand; a Bachelor of Arts in Education degree from the University of the North and a Higher Diploma in Education.