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BiographyNellie Jibiliza
Nellie Jibiliza was born in 1926 to parents who were African National Congress (ANC) activists in Cape Town. Thus, she grew up in a politically active…
BiographySusan Shabangu
Susan Shabangu was born on 28 February 1956. She attended Madibane High School in Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). From 1980, she became involved in politics…
BiographyDiana Ferrus
Internationally renowned South African poet, writer, and activist for marginalised groups, Diana Ferrus, was born on 29 August 1953 in Worcester, Cape Province…
ArchiveWomen and migration in South Africa: historical and literary perspectives by Kalpana Hiralal
BiographyMary Elizabeth Davis
Mary Elizabeth Davis was born in Portobello County, Edinburgh, Scotland on 26 December 1858. She was a business person and supporter of women’s causes. Davis…
BiographyEve Hall
Eve Hall was born on 20 March 1937 in Paris, France, to a Jewish father and a German mother. When the Second World War broke out, her father was on a visit to…
BiographySheila Weinberg
… The Johannesburg and Cape Town vigils were called by The Coalition of Women for a Just Peace in Israel and Palestine, …
BiographyMary Butcher Turok
Mary Butcher Turok is the wife of the anti-apartheid activist, parliamentarian and Professor Ben Turok, who played a prominent role in the writing of the…
BiographyEvelina de Bruin
Evelina de Bruin was born on 25 December 1933, and she grew up in the small town of Postmasburg, Northern Cape. In the early days of her life, her parents…
BiographyVesta Smith
Vesta Smith (affectionately known as Ma Vee) was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 20 July 1922. Her father worked as a clerk at…
Document 115 - Hawa H. Ahmed (Halima Gool), Address Delivered at Inaugural Meeting of the Non-European Women’s Suffrage League, Cosmopolitan Hall, Cape August--1938
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Galeshewe Stadium, Kimberley during the Women’s Day Celebrations, 9th August 2007.
Mary Matilda Brown
Mary Matilda Brown was born in Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa on 20 July 1847. She advocated for social and moral reform and was a campaigner…
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
Zuleikha Mayat was born in 1926 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province). Her father, Mohamed Bismilla, was a prominent business person who first…
BiographyLettie Malindi
Lettie Malindi was born in Firgrove, near Stellenbosch, on 26 March 1922, the fifth of eleven children. Her father, John Matibi, was a railway worker from the…
BiographyOlive Peace Landman
Beginnings Olive Peace Rosenberg was born in Knysna on 5 August 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika Jacoba Pieterse and Ellis Lawrence Rosenberg. Hendrika…
BiographySumboornam Pillay
Sumboornam (Sam) Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee, Northern Natal (now…
BiographyJennifer Davis
Jennifer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1933. She grew up in what she described as a Jewish middle-class household where her pediatrician father was…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the National Women’s Day Celebrations: Groblersdal, Limpopo 9th August 2005
Programme Director, Ms. Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, Premier of Limpopo, Sello Moloto, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Mayor of Sekhukhune District Municipality,…
Address by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, on the Occasion of the Women’s Day Celebrations, Atlantic Park Stadium, Witbank, Mpumalanga, 9 August 2004
Programme Directors, Premier of Mpumalanga, Thabang Makwetla, Honourable Minister of Arts and Culture, Pallo Jordan, Honourable Minister of Home Affairs,…
BiographyVilla Baker
Villa Baker was born on 12 March 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, while World War I was still raging . She grew up in Brakpan, East Rand Transvaal …
BiographyElizabeth Maria Molteno
Elizabeth Maria was born into a privileged and protected environment as the oldest child of the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister, John Molteno. With her…
BiographyEpainette Nomaka Mbeki
Epainette Nomaka Mbeki (née Moerane), known as MaMbeki, was born in February 1916 in Mangoloaneng, in the Sotho-speaking section of the Mount Fletcher district…
BiographyDurant Basi Sihlali
Durant Basi Sihlali was born on 5 March 1935 in an industrial area, Germiston, Transvaal, now known as Gauteng Province. Due to harsh living conditions, his…
BiographyAdelaide Frances Tambo
Adelaide Frances Tambo (nee Tshukudu) was born on 18 July 1929 in Top Location, Vereeniging, in the Vaal Triangle. Tambo attended the St Thomas Practising…
BiographyShirley Gunn
Gunn enrolled for a degree in social work in 1977 and after completion proceeded to study for her Honors degree. While studying for her Honors degree, she…
BiographySelloane Ethel Leisa
… ticle/2016-08-25-60-iconic-women-the-people-behind-the-1956-womens-march-to-pretoria-11-20/ . (Accessed on 28 July 2020) …
BiographyJames Maci
James Maci, from the Maci Tribal Area, Harding District, Natal [KwaZulu-Natal] was banished on 12 October 1959 to the Kalkspruit Native Trust Farm No. 812,…
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
… to segregation. Although he was unable to turn this loose coalition into a permanent body because of organisational …
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BiographyMatsie Angelina Motshekga [Angie Motshekga]
Early Life and Teaching Career Matsie Angelina Motshekga (popularly known as Angie Motshekga) was born on 19 June 1955 in Soweto, Transvaal (now known as…