on 17 February 2012, and was admitted to the intensive care unit at Kimberley Hospital. The Executive Council of the Province met on 20 February, unanimously resolving to appoint the MEC for Education, Ms Grizelda Cjiekella, as Acting Premier for the duration of Premier Hazel Jenkins’ incapacity leave. Premier Jenkins, following a lengthy hospital stay, made a surprise first public appearance at the Northern Cape ANC elective conference in Upington on 7 June 2012. "She appeared healthy," reported the media, "singing and dancing along with President Jacob Zuma and other members of the party’s upper echelons." On April 2, 2013, Hazel Jenkins officially stepped down from the post of Premier of the Northern Cape and was to be succeeded by Sylvia Lucas, the Provincial Minister for Environmental Affairs. However the motion to recognize Jenkins' stepping down was opposed on procedural grounds. A vote in the Northern Cape legislature on 30 April 2013, in which opposition parties COPE and the Democratic Alliance took part, failed to achieve the required two thirds support for the motion to be carried. Accordingly, Jenkins technically remained premier and Lucas was sworn in on the same day as Grizelda Cjiekella's successor as acting premier of the province. Jenkins resigned as premier with effect from 22 May 2013, paving the way of Lucas to be sworn in as her successor. Political speeches Inaugural Address, Provincial Legislature, Northern Cape, 11 May 2009 Reply to the debate following her Inaugural Address, Provincial Legislature, Northern Cape, 19 May 2009 State of the Province Address, Provincial Legislature, Northern Cape, 12 June 2009 State of the Province Address, Provincial Legislature, Northern Cape, 18 February 2010 State of the Province Address, Provincial Legislature, Northern Cape, 18 February 2011 It was while delivering her 2012 State of the Province Address in Kimberley on 17 February 2012 that Premier Hazel Jenkins collapsed, suffering a stroke. Notes South African Press Association (SAPA). " Zuma: 'Those not put in govt must not cry'." Mail & Guardian. 4 May 2009. (accessed May 4, 2009). References 1960 births Living people People from Ceres, Western Cape Cape Coloureds African National Congress politicians Premiers of the Northern Cape Women premiers of South African provinces Members of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature 20th-century South African politicians 20th-century South African women politicians 21st-century South African politicians 21st-century South African women politicians