Helen Zille

Quick Facts

Full Name	Helen Zille
Occupation	Politician
Date Of Birth	Mar 9, 1951(1951-03-09)
Age	73
Birthplace	Johannesburg
Country	South Africa
Birth City	Gauteng
Horoscope	Pisces

Helen Zille Biography

Helen Zille is one of the most popular and richest Politician who was born on March 9, 1951 in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Leader of the Democratic Alliance Party of South Africa. Premier of South Africa’s Western Cape Province and once Mayor of Cape Town, South Africa. She was also a journalist and activist and wrote many anti-apartheid articles in the 1970s and 1980s.

She publicly criticised the sexist statements made by South African President She publicly criticized the sexist statements of South African President Jacob Zuma..

Otta Helene Maree (née Zille /ˈ z ɪ l ə / ; born 9 March 1951), known as Helen Zille, is a South African politician. She has served as the Federal Council Chairperson of the Democratic Alliance since 20 October 2019. From 2009 until 2019, she was the Premier of the Western Cape province for two five-year terms, and a member of the Western Cape Provincial Parliament. She served as Federal Leader of the Democratic Alliance from 2007 to 2015 and as Mayor of Cape Town from 2006 to 2009.

Zille is a former journalist and anti-apartheid activist and was one of the journalists who exposed the cover-up around the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko while working for the Rand Daily Mail in the late 1970s. She also worked with the Black Sash and other pro-democracy groups during the 1980s. In the political arena, Zille has served in all three tiers of government, as the Western Cape’s education MEC (1999–2001), as a Member of Parliament (2004–2006), as Mayor of Cape Town (2006–2009), and as Premier of the Western Cape (2009–2019).

Johann Maree, her husband, gave birth to two sons in 1984 and 1989.

Helen Zille Net Worth

Helen Zille is one of the richest Politician from South Africa. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Helen Zille 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand and worked as a political writer at the Rand Daily Mail.

She was active in the 1980s women’s anti-apartheid group Black Sash.

Helen Zille was born in Hillbrow, Johannesburg, the eldest child of parents who separately left Germany in the 1930s to avoid Nazi persecution due to the fact that her maternal grandfather and paternal grandmother were Jewish. Her father’s uncle was the artist Heinrich Zille. Her mother was a volunteer with the Black Sash Advice Office. While her family lived in Rivonia, she was educated at Johannesburg’s St Mary’s School, Waverley, one of the city’s private education schools. She studied at the University of the Witwatersrand, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree. Around 1969, she joined the Young Progressives, the youth movement of the liberal and anti-apartheid Progressive Party.

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Who is Helen Zille Dating?

According to our records, Helen Zille married to Johann Maree. As of December 1, 2023, Helen Zille’s is not dating anyone.

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Zille was also actively involved in the South Africa Beyond Apartheid Project and the Cape Town Peace Committee. She later gathered evidence for the Goldstone Commission which investigated attempts to destabilise the Western Cape before the elections in 1994.

Facts & Trivia

Helen Ranked on the list of most popular Politician. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in South Africa. Helen Zille celebrates birthday on March 9 of every year.

In 2004, Zille became a Member of Parliament with the DA. Within the DA, she rose to the level of deputy federal chairperson and served as national party spokesperson and spokesperson for education.

What did Helen Zille do for South Africa?

Zille is a former journalist and anti-apartheid activist and was one of the journalists who exposed the cover-up around the death of Black Consciousness leader Steve Biko while working for the Rand Daily Mail in the late 1970s. She also worked with the Black Sash and other pro-democracy groups during the 1980s.

How old is Helen Zille?

71 years (March 9, 1951)

Who is Helen Zille's husband?

Johann Maree

Where is Helen Zille from?

Johannesburg, South Africa

When was Helen Zille born?

March 9, 1951 (age 71 years)