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Zelda la Grange
Born (1970-10-29) 29 October 1970 (age 53)
Pretoria, South Africa
OccupationPersonal Assistant
NationalitySouth African

Zelda la Grange (born 29 October 1970) is a former private secretary to Nelson Mandela. La Grange was born in Pretoria, South Africa.She completed a 3 year National Diploma at the Tshwane University of Technology . From 1994 until 1996, she served as a typist for Mary Mxadana, private secretary to Nelson Mandela, the newly elected post-apartheid President of South Africa. In 1996, she was promoted to assistant private secretary, and in 1999 she was again promoted to Private Secretary to the Office of the President. She was a founding staff member of the Nelson Mandela Foundation which served as post-Presidential office for Nelson Mandela.

Bibliography

  • Good Morning, Mr. Mandela, New York: Viking, 2014 ISBN 978-0-525-42828-2
  • "Ms Zelda LA GRANGE (Profile)". Who's Who of Southern Africa. April 2007.
  • John Carlin (8 June 2008). "Mandela's rock: John Carlin meets Nelson Mandela's secretary Zelda la Grange". The Observer.
  • Aurelia Dyantyi (3 June 2004). "Protecting Madiba is Zelda's passion in life". The Star (South Africa). p. 6.
  • Edward Malnick (18 July 2009). "The other woman behind a great man". Cape Argus. p. 6.

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