 Doctor of Laws degree, LL.D. (Honoris causa) from the University of Cape Town.
Rhodes University and the University of Fort Hare also awarded her with honorary doctorates. On 29th May 2019, the North-West University awarded her with an honorary doctorate.
From a young age, she showed interest in the legal field, and as a result, she opted to pursue a course in the field and has for the longest time served different posts. Thuli started her career in 1987 and served in several institutions and organisations, both governmental and non-governmental. As part of her career, she has served in the University of Witwatersrand where she worked as a lecturer. She also worked as a Presiding officer of the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC) and has served as the deputy director in the Justice Department.
She also took part in the process of drafting the constitution of South Africa in 1994.
On 19th October 2009, Thuli Madonsela was officially appointed to serve the position of the Public Protector by the then-president Jacob Zuma. She was supposed to serve for a non-renewable contract that would last seven years. She took over the position from Lawrence Mushwana, in case you were wondering who was Public Protector before Thuli Madonsela?
During the time of her appointment, she was the only commissioner of the South African Law Reform Commission who was serving on a full-time basis. Her position as the Public protector put her on the limelight. That is so because of the public cases that she investigated. One of the cases that got the attention of the public was the case about the state resources that were allocated to Zuma's residence in Nkandla. Another report that brought her to the limelight was the State of Capture report that was released on 2nd November 2016.
Her tenure was greatly praised for her devotion and effort towards serving her office. She was highly commended for her professionalism and efficiency. Among those that recognised her good job was the BBC, The Daily Maverick, ANN7, Glamour, Transparency International and Time.
Her tenure came to an end on 14th October 2016 as per the requirements of the contract that she had signed when she got into office. She handed over the office to Advocate Busiswe Mkhwebane who had been appointed to be her successor.
In 2011, she was recognised by the Daily Maverick for “serving her role as an ombudsman to the exercise of executive power with an unwavering commitment to truth." The recognition was followed by her being named the South African Person of the Year.
In 2014, she received the Transparency International Integrity Award.
In 2014, she received the title of the Woman of Courage during the Glamour Women of the Year Awards.
In 2014, she was recognised as the ANN7 South African of the Year.
In 2014, the Times magazine made an official recognition of Thuli describing her as "an inspirational example of what African public officers need to be”. She was recognised as one of the 100 most influential people in the world in the Leaders category.
In 2015, she received honorary awards from Stellenbosch University, University of Cape Town, and University of Hare and Rhodes University.
In 2016, she was bestowed upon the Forbes African Person of the year – German Africa Prize.
In 2016, she received the FW de Klerk Goodwill Award.
In 2016, she was recognised as BBC's top 100 women.
In 2019, she was awarded an honorary doctorate from the North West University.
Secure in Comfort that was published on 19th March 2014.
Women and the law in South Africa: Gender equality jurisprudence in landmark court decisions. It was published in 2014.
“Beyond Putting Women on the Agenda” which was published in 1995.
The latter uses her social media platforms to point all matters regarding injustices. Going through the posts on Thuli Madonsela facebook posts, it goes without question that she tries, by all means, to advocate for justice and fairness. She is also the brain behind Thuli Madonsela foundation, which advocates for democracy by deepening democracy.
You could also reach out through her social media accounts like Twitter and Facebook.
Thuli Madonsela is an accomplished lady who has set the trend for women in South Africa. She committed herself to serve the country and it is paying her off.
Well the weekend is over. Hope all of you enjoyed yourself…….ate, drank, and caught some firework displays.
We had a few reports from the last few days. Seems the stripers ran the oceanfront off and on. And funny enough, more of the action seemed to be on the low tide side of things. Bait of choice on the oceanfront seemed to be clams and worms.
Steve from Lynn just phoned in with a report. Steve went out on the 1/2 day trip with the Captains Fishing Party Boats, located at the end of the island. He did the mackerel trip and wasn’t dissappointed. They hit lots of mackerel (tinkers) about 3 miles off of the Hampton area. We seem to have a lot of tinkers this year. Wonder where the big mackerel are??? If you are visiting the area for vacation, need something to do with the kids, or just need a fun day out, the Captain’s do some 1/2 day trips for mackerel, bass, and flounder. Check them out at www.captainsfishing.com. They are another family run business that has been on Plum Isalnd for a few generations.
Our 4th of July Raffle winner was picked last night. Emily from Rochester, NY is visiting the area. Her grandfather used to rent on the island and she has many fond memories of Plum Island. Well she was in picking up a new sticker so I had her draw the winner. The winner of the raffle is Matt Weeks. Called Matt last night just after closing and he said “sweet”, so i think he was happy about winning. We raised $118.00 dollars from the weekend raffle, that’s another rehab session paid for at Journey Forward for Nate. Thanks again to everyone that takes a chance on our raflles to benefit Nate. We have also started another raffle that will go through Labor Day. There are lots of prizes for this one! Will post more details soon!
Stickman was out on the Parker yesterday, here’s what he had to say, “Yesterday I was on the backside as of the island, and went out the Parker Mouth about halfway down Cranes Beach. I saw a bunch of gulls working, and you know how lazy they are. It was just after the top of the tide so I idled up and sure enough, there was a small batch of breaking fish. The seemed to be hitting peanut bunker on the surface, as the minnows were spraying out of the water in big V shaped masses. Some of the fish on them were big, I mistook the first ones as small tuna. I think it was a mix of bass and blues. I threw a big yellow plug in the mix but had no chasers. Should have used a small plastic. I saw one boat grab a couple small blues with an umbrella rig. There was also a huge bunch of bait up in the Plum Island River when I came over from the Merrimack. Sometime that’s gonna drop out either the Mack or the Parker and we’ll all have a great time.
We got this interesting note from Don LaRuffa of Salem, NH today, “Hey there, I wanted to share this photo with you of one of the nicest bass I’ve ever landed. Got her last week and sent her back on her way after a few quick photos.
That is an interesting fish.
I got this quick snap from our friend U-Boat this morning. No details, but looks like he’s using his fly rod for schoolies.
It’s a great read for our world.
Got this pic last week from Jessica H. who says, “Caught these ocean side across from your shop last week. One on the back hook and one on the front,using a big top water plug. See you this weekend.” It’s great to see the small fish on the beach front too! Thanks Jessica.
Last week I also got a few snaps from this gang: George (beanie hat) matt (shirtless) Annie (the girl) James (gray shirt) all of us from Manchester NH. All caught on chunked Mak just before high tide. End of June. Nice Wheels Too!
Never saw the sand eels as thick as they were this last weekend!! Bass all weekend long feeding on them at all tides. The bass were a bit finicky, but if you were able to drift a live bait into the school, you would be rewarded with fish from 29-35″. I will never stop being amazed at how many boats would drive right into the schools of busting fish and scare them away!!
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