Zelda La Grange

Zelda la Grange
Born (1970-10-29) 29 October 1970 (age 54)
Boksburg, South Africa
OccupationPrivate Secretary
NationalitySouth African
GenrePolitics

Zelda la Grange (born 29 October 1970) is a former private secretary to Nelson Mandela. La Grange was born in Boksburg, South Africa. She completed a 3-year National Diploma at the Tshwane University of Technology. From 1994 until 1996, she served as a typist for Mary Mxadana, private secretary to Nelson Mandela, the newly elected post-apartheid President of South Africa. In 1996, she was promoted to assistant private secretary, and in 1999 she was again promoted to Private Secretary to the Office of the President. She was a founding staff member of the Nelson Mandela Foundation which served as post-Presidential office for Nelson Mandela.