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Patricia de Lille (Patricia Lindt) was born on 17 February, 1951 in Beaufort West, Cape Province, Union of South Africa, is a South African politician. Discover Patricia de Lille's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is she in this year and how she spends money? Also learn how she earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

Popular As Patricia Lindt
Occupation Politician legislator trade unionist anti-apartheid activist
Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 17 February 1951
Birthday 17 February
Birthplace Beaufort West, Cape Province, Union of South Africa
Nationality South Africa

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Her husband is Edwin de Lille (m. 1972-2021)

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1922

De Lille was voted 22nd in the Top 100 Great South Africans, and is noted for her role in investigations into the country's controversial Arms Deal.

De Lille was voted 22nd in the Top 100 Great South Africans, and is noted for her role in investigations into the country's controversial Arms Deal.

1951

Patricia de Lille (née Lindt; born 17 February 1951) is a South African politician who is the current Minister of Tourism and leader of the political party Good.

De Lille was born in 1951 in Beaufort West, and attended Bastiaanse Hoërskool.

1974

In 1974 she became a laboratory technician at a factory.

1983

During this time, she became involved in the South African Chemical Workers Union, starting off as a shop steward and then becoming regional secretary, before being elected as a National Executive Member in 1983.

1988

In 1988, she was elected as National Vice-President of The National Council of Trade Unions (NACTU), the highest position for a woman in the trade union movement at that time.

1989

In 1989, De Lille was elected onto the National Executive Committee of the Pan Africanist Movement (PAM).

1990

She remained involved with the same company until 1990.

1994

She led a delegation in the constitutional negotiations that preceded South Africa's first democratic election in 1994, and following her election as a Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) MP, she was appointed as Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Transport from 1994 to 1999.

She also served on various portfolio Committees including Health, Minerals and Energy, Trade and Industry, Communications, the Rules Committee and the Code of Ethics.

Later, she made use of parliamentary privilege to be a whistle-blower on the South African Arms Deal.

2003

She founded and led the Independent Democrats (ID), a political party which she formed in 2003 during a floor-crossing window, after she broke away from the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).

In 2003, De Lille made use of a floor crossing window to break with the PAC, and form her own party, the Independent Democrats.

De Lille led the call for an investigation into alleged corruption in South Africa's purchase of weapons costing £4bn from British and other European manufacturers (that cost has soared on the basis of foreign currency collapses to more than its original cost although the Rand £ and Rand $ exchange rates have now reduced the costs to almost the same level as the original cost.).

The government rejected De Lille's calls for an independent inquiry to be led by Judge Willem Heath.

De Lille said she was accused of being unpatriotic and embarrassing the country as a consequence of her efforts to investigate the Arms Deal."

2004

De Lille was awarded the Freedom of the City of Birmingham, Alabama, and in 2004 was awarded the honour of being one of the Top 5 Women in Government and Government Agencies.

She was also awarded the 2004 Old Mutual South African Leadership Award in the Category of Woman Leadership.

2006

In July 2006 she was the first woman to be recognised as Honorary Colonel of 84 Signal Unit in the South African National Defence Force.

2009

On 5 April 2009, the Independent Democrats confirmed De Lille's attendance at the announcement of the National Prosecuting Authority the following day regarding its decision either to drop or to maintain its case against ANC President Jacob Zuma, who had been implicated in the Arms Deal.

In an op-ed for The Sunday Times, De Lille predicted that the charges would be dropped:

"Am I angry? Of course I am angry. I am angry because the majority of our people are not seeing the warning signs that are coming from the ANC, a liberation party that has no respect for the Constitution and the rule of law and is prepared to erode both just so that one man can become the leader of our country."

"By letting these ANC crooks off the hook we are sending entirely the wrong message to our people. Government is saying that there is a way out for those who break the law."

On the morning of the NPA's much-awaited announcement, De Lille was turned away from proceedings, being told that, as a member of the public, she would have to find a television set.

Leader of the Democratic Alliance Helen Zille was met with the same fate.

2010

In August 2010, the ID merged with the Democratic Alliance, South Africa's official opposition, and the party was officially dissolved in 2014.

2011

She was previously Mayor of Cape Town from 2011 to 2018 and before that, Western Cape Provincial Minister of Social Development from 2010 to 2011.

De Lille was selected as the DA's mayoral candidate in Cape Town, defeating incumbent Dan Plato, ahead of the 2011 local government elections, where she was elected mayor.

2015

From 2015 to 2017, she was Provincial Leader of the Democratic Alliance in the Western Cape.

2016

She was re-elected to a second term as mayor in the 2016 local government elections.

2018

On 8 May 2018, the DA's Federal Executive ceased De Lille's party membership, thereby removing her as mayor of the DA governed city.

The Western Cape High Court temporarily suspended her removal.

On 5 August 2018, De Lille announced her intention to resign as Mayor of Cape Town.

She resigned as mayor and terminated her DA party membership on 31 October 2018.

Consequently, she formed Good in December 2018, and was announced as the party's Western Cape Premier candidate in February 2019.

2019

She served as Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure from 2019 to 2023.

She was elected to Parliament in May 2019 and took office as a Member on 22 May 2019.

On 29 May 2019, De Lille was appointed by President Cyril Ramaphosa as Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure.

In March 2023, she became the Minister of Tourism.