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Frene Noshir Ginwala (born April 25, 1932) is a South African journalist and politician who was the Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa 1994-2004. ^[1]

President Thabo Mbeki appointed Ginwala on September 30, 2007 to conduct the enquiry into National Director of Public Prosecutions Vusi Pikoli's fitness to hold office. ^[2]

Frene Ginwala is an Indian South African from the Parsi-Zoroastrian community of western India. Dr Frene Ginwala studied for a DPhil at Linacre College, University of Oxford.

Dr Frene Ginwala was appointed as the first chancellor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal in April 2005 and is currently serving a four year term. She is one of only four female University Chancellors in South Africa.^[3]

Honors

• Order of the Rising Sun (Japan), 2008.^[4]

References

v • d • e Speakers of the Lower House of Parliament of South Africa House of Assembly (1910-1994) Molteno • Krige • Jansen • De Waal • Jansen • Van Coller • Naudé • Conradie • Klopper • Schlebusch • Loots • Du Toit • Greeff • Le Grange • Louw National Assembly (1994-present) Ginwala • Mbete • Mahlangu-Nkabinde

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