Chairperson | Archives Committee | African National Congress

Chairperson | Africa | Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Chairperson | International Parliamentary Union (SA)

Founding Member and National Convenor | Women's National Coalition

Chairperson | Southern African Development Community Parliamentary Forum

Representative | Science and Technology Initiative | African National Congress

Member | Constitutional Committee | Constitutional Assembly

Chairperson | South Africa | Commonwealth Parliamentary Association

Spokesperson | African National Congress
United Kingdom

Member | National Working Committee | African National Congress

Barrister-at-Law | Inner Temple

Member | National Executive Committee | African National Congress National Executive Committee

Co-Chairperson | Global Coalition for Africa

Member of Parliament | National Assembly | African National Congress
1994 - 2004

Speaker | Parliament of South Africa
1994 - 2004

Deputy Head | Commission for Emancipation of Women | African National Congress
1992 - 1994

Secretariat | Mr Mandela's Office | Government of Swaziland
1991 - 1994

Head | Research Department | African National Congress
1991 - 1994

Secretariat | Former President Mandela's Office | Government of South Africa
1991 - 1991

Managing Editor | 'The Standard' and 'Sunday News'
Tanzania | 1969 - 1969

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University

Awarded in 2003

Honorary Technical Doctorate

University of Connecticut, United States of America

Awarded in 2002

Honorary Doctor of Laws

University of Cape Town

Awarded in 1997

Honorary Doctor of Laws

University of KwaZulu-Natal

Awarded in 1996

Honorary Doctor of Laws

Rhodes University

Awarded in 1996

Honorary Bachelor of Arts

University of Oxford

Doctor of Philosophy

University of London

Bachelor of Law

Barrister-at-Law Inner Temple

Global Award for Outstanding Contribution for Promotion of Human Rights and Democracy | Priyadarshni Academy India

Presidential Award | Black Management Forum

Woman of the Year 2000 | Law Faculty, UP

Grand Officer de l'Ordre National | Ivory Coast

Hon Fellow | Linacre College

Agenda, No 8 | 1990

Author

Book | Raven, Johannesburg

Author

Book | Open University, UK

Co-Author

Book | Heinemann, London

Contributor

Discussion paper Unesco

Co-Author

Discussion paper at UN

Author

Discussion paper at UN

Author

Discussion paper at the Minority Rights Commission

Author

Commission responsible for Retrieval and Deposit of ANC Archives

Chairperson

SA Group for Environmental Monitoring: Transparency International

Patron

Commonwealth Parliament Association (SA)

Chairperson

International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

Member

President's Award for Youth Empowerment

Chair

UN World Summit for Social Development

Participant

Various UN, UNESCO, and international conferences

Participant

National Water Conservation Campaign

Patron

President's Awards

Patron