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Spouse of the President of South Africa

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First Lady of the Republic of South Africa
Incumbent Tshepo Motsepe since 15 February 2018
Residence	Mahlamba Ndlopfu (Pretoria) Genadendal (Cape Town) Dr. John L. Dube House (Durban)
Inaugural holder	Cornelia Swart
Formation	31 May 1961

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First Lady of South Africa is the title held by the wife or most senior wife of the president of South Africa. The title can occasionally be used for the daughter or other female relative of the president.

First ladies of South Africa

Apartheid era

First Lady	State President	In Office
Cornelia Swart	Charles Robberts Swart	1961–1967
Lettie Fouché	Jacobus Johannes Fouché	1968–1975
Marga Potgeiter	Nico Diederichs	1975–1978
Martini Vorster	B. J. Vorster	1978–1979
Dorothea Viljoen	Marais Viljoen	1979–1984
Elize Botha	Pieter Willem Botha	1984–1989
Marike de Klerk	F. W. de Klerk	1989–1994

Post-Apartheid era

No.	First Lady	President	In Office
1	Zindzi Mandela-Hlongwane (daughter)	Nelson Mandela	1994–1998
	Zenani Mandela-Dlamini (daughter)		1994–1998
	Graça Machel (married in 1998)		(married in 1998)- 1999
2	Zanele Mbeki	Thabo Mbeki	1999–2008
3	Mapula Motlanthe	Kgalema Motlanthe	2008–2009
4	Sizakele Zuma	Jacob Zuma	2009–2018
4	Nompumelelo Ntuli Zuma	Jacob Zuma	2009–2018
5	Tshepo Motsepe	Cyril Ramaphosa	15 February 2018 – Present