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Mlambo-Ngcuka was appointed the Deputy President of South Africa in June 2005, when she replaced Jacob Zuma after he was dismissed  from the post by the president Thabo Mbeki on allegations of corruption charges in 2005. She was the first woman to hold this position. In February 2006, as Deputy President she formally launched the Accelerated and Shared Growth Initiative for South Africa (ASGISA), and the Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition (JIPSA) was established a month later to address scarce and critical skills needed to meet ASGISA's objectives.

She is the Founder and Executive Chairperson of Umlambo Foundation that invests in leadership and development of school principles to improve the quality of education in public schools. She also played a pivotal role in developing the 'Link Umlambo Trust' in partnership with Link Community Develoment (LCD), working with Ministry of Education to improve the quality of education in Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, South Africa and Uganda.