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BiographyAnton van Wouw
Anton van Wouw was born in Driedergen, Netherlands on 20 November 1862. He is regarded as the father of South African sculpture. He decided to move to the…
BiographyMary Moodley
Mary Moodley, or Aunty Mary as she was known, was born on 14 March 1914 in Jaggersfontein, Orange Free State (now Free State). She was the second eldest of 10…
BiographyMildred Lesiea
Mandu Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea was born on 28 January 1933 in Langa, Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape), the only official area for African…
ArchiveHistory of Migration and Contributions of Indian Women in Zambia: Comparison with South African Indian Women by Kamini Krishna
BiographyNdeutala Selma Hishongwa
Ndeutala Hishongwa was born in 1952 in Okalili, northwest Namibia. She trained as a nurse and in 1974 joined SWAPO-in-exile in Zambia. She was sent to Sweden…
BiographySister Bernard Ncube
Sister Bernard Ncube was born in Johannesburg in 1932. She attended Roma College in Lesotho, where she received a diploma in Theology and in 1955 she entered…
Representation & Reality: Portraits of women’s lives in the Western Cape 1948 - 1976 by Helen Scanlon
Meeting with Mrs. Miriam Vire-Tuominen, secretary-¬general of the Women’s International Democratic Federation -1986
Winnie Mandela resigns from the Executive of both the ANC and the Organisation’s Women’s League.
ArchiveA Long And Difficult Road Ahead: Building The ANC Women’s League by SPEAK, 1991 – 1994, Johannesburg
Eileen KaNkosi-Shandu, South African educationist and leader of the Inkatha Women’s Brigade, is born.
BiographyPhumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka
Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was born on 3rd November 1955 in Claremont, Durban in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She matriculated from Ohlange High School in Inanda and…
BiographyAmy Thornton
Amy Rietstein (now Thornton) was born in 1932 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in the struggle, and it…
ArchiveStaffrider Vol.4 No.4 Mar 1982 - Women in Azania
BiographyFatima Seedat
Fatima Seedat was born in the Strand, Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High school up to what was standard 8 in those days. Together with…
EventGertrude Shope, former president of the ANC Women's League, is born
Gertrude Shope was born in Johannesburg, but grew up in Zimbabwe. She was trained as a teacher and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto. When she was 29 years…
BiographyCecilia Makiwane
Cecilia Makiwane was born in 1880 at the MacFarlane Mission in the Victoria district of Alice in the Eastern Cape. Her father was a teacher and a minister and…
BiographyJean Sinclair
Jean Sinclair was born in 1908 and became involved in politics after the Springbok Legion protested against the National Party’s segregationist bills. She…
Say It out Loud - Protest against the Women’s Enfranchisement Act, and the Franchise Amendment Bill, 1931
From the book: Say It out Loud by Mohamed Adhikari Protest against the Women's Enfranchisement Act, and the Franchise Amendment Bill, 1931 1 The above two…
The War Museum at the ‘Vrouemonument’ (Women’s Memorial) in Bloemfontein is officially inaugurated by Gen. Hertzog.
ArchiveDe Klerk Stop The Violence! ANC Women’s League Takes Mass Action by SPEAK, May 1991, Johannesburg
BiographyNokuthula Orela Simelane
Nokuthula Orela Simelane was born in 1960 in Mzinoni Township near Bethal in Mpumalanga. She was the first of two daughters (Nokuthula and Thembisile) of…
EventAfrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA's involvement in WW2
About 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, wife of former President M.T. Steyn, marched to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African…
BiographyNoria Mabasa
Noria Mabasa was born May 10, 1938 in Xigalo in the Limpopo Province in South Africa. She received formal education for only one year, having to walk three…
BiographyRahima Moosa
Rahima Moosa was born in the Strand, Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High School in Cape Town. As a teenager, Rahima and her identical…
BiographyDr Hersheela Narsee
Hersheela Narsee was born in Durban on the 23 of March 1956. Narsee grew up in a family of eight children. She attended the Gandhi Desai High School from 1967…
Ellen Kuzwayo (91), author, stalwart campaigner against apartheid in South Africa and a tireless fighter for women’s emancipati
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu
Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu was born on 28 February 1969 in KwaMashu, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). She was the fifth daughter born to Sonnyboy Nkwana and…
ArchiveRecollections of the Resurrection of Women’s Day, 40 Years Ago by Julie Wells
My Background When I look back at those activities of 1980, I think of it as the time when I got introduced to the realm of political activism. I had first…
BiographyTielman Johannes de Villiers Roos
… on talks with Smuts. After a great deal of discussion a coalition government was formed with Hertzog as Prime …