Matsie Angelina "Angie" Motshekga (born 19 June 1955) is a South African politician and educator who is currently serving as the Minister of Defense and Military Veterans since 3 July 2024.

[1] She served as the acting president of the Republic of South Africa from the 17th August 2024, while President Cyril Ramaphosa attended the 44th Ordinary Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Southern African Development Community in Harare, Zimbabwe.

[3] Motshekga studied at the University of the North, where she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Education.

She worked at the school until 1983, when she resigned following her appointment as a lecturer at the Soweto College of Education.

In 2000, premier Mbhazima Shilowa appointed her to the Social Development portfolio of the Executive Council.

Newly elected president Jacob Zuma unbundled the Education portfolio into two new, separate ministries.

[16][17] On 15 February 2021, Motshekga said to pupils at Prospectus High School in Pretoria that an "educated man won't rape".

[21] In 2022 a mathematics examination paper included a problem that was unsolvable due to a typing error.

[22] The error was not picked up before the paper was given and Motshekga's department will decide whether an upward mark adjustment of 1% or 2% is necessary.

[23] Following the 2024 South African general election she became the Minister of Defence and Military Veterans.

[25] Since 2023, Motshekga has been a member of the United Nations High-Level Panel on the Teaching Profession, co-chaired by Kersti Kaljulaid and Paula-Mae Weekes.