Behind the politics: She fights her battles silently

How does a quiet white woman, brought up in Joburg’s suburbs and preferring to keep to herself, become part of one of the continent’s most dynamic black revolutionary movements? Environmental Affairs minister Barbara Creecy sat down for a wide ranging and intimate heart to heart with EWN’s Mia Lindeque. This is Behind the politics: She fights her battles silently.

She lost three brothers - two to death, and one to prison for rape. Communications minister Stella-Ndabeni Abrahams sat down for a wide ranging and intimate heart to heart with EWN’s Mia Lindeque. This is part of the Behind The Politics: She Fights Her Battles Silently series.

She fell pregnant when she was 15-years old and was raised by her grandmother on a domestic workers’ salary. Social development minister Lindiwe Zulu sits down for a wide ranging and intimate heart to heart with EWN’s Mia Lindeque. This is part of the Behind The Politics: She Fights Her Battles Silently series.

She fought cancer, a brain tumour and the apartheid state. Now she fights for the children of South Africa. Meet Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga as she sits down for a wide ranging and intimate heart to heart with EWN's Mia Lindeque. This is part of the Behind the politics: She fights her battles silently series.