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Epainette Nomaka Mbeki
Biography
Jan 22, 2013

Epainette Nomaka Mbeki

Teacher, shopkeeper, member of the ANC and SACP, community activist

Phyllis Naidoo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Phyllis Naidoo

Teacher, lawyer, university lecturer, author, member of the NEUM, NIC, SACP, ANC and MK, Recipient of the Order Of Luthu...

Dr. Frene Noshir Ginwala
Biography
May 31, 2012

Dr. Frene Noshir Ginwala

Journalist, editor, lecturer, lawyer, radio programme producer, member of the ANC, politician and former speaker of the ...

Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils

ANC, Congress of Democrats, SACP and Umkhonto we Sizwe member, geologist

Rajes Pillay
Biography
Dec 30, 2020

Rajes Pillay

exile, member of the Natal Indian Congress, African National Congress and uMkhonto weSizwe

 Phila Portia Ndwandwe
Biography
Feb 02, 2012

Phila Portia Ndwandwe

MK commander, murdered by South African Security Police members

Lilian Masediba Ngoyi
Biography
Sep 22, 2011

Lilian Masediba Ngoyi

Politician and anti-apartheid activist, Treason Trialist and President of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's Le...

Amina Desai
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Amina Desai

South Africa’s longest serving female Indian political prisoner

Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin
Biography
Oct 08, 2011

Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin

Journalist, author, TV producer, editor, member of the ANC, worked for the National Intelligence Agency and the SAB...

Florence Mkhize
Biography
Aug 27, 2011

Florence Mkhize

Participated in the Defiance Campaign in 1952, which led to her being banned,  worked underground with the FEDSAW, ...

 Blanche la Guma
Biography
Mar 26, 2012

Blanche la Guma

Member of the Communist Party of South Africa, specialised midwife, politically active in the Federation of South Africa...

Fatima Seedat
Biography
Oct 08, 2011

Fatima Seedat

Member of the Communist Party in Cape Town and after her marriage became a member of the Natal India...

Frances Baard
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Frances Baard

Organiser of the African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League and Trade Unionist.

Jessie Yasmin Duarte
Biography
Apr 03, 2019

Jessie Yasmin Duarte

Former South African High Commissioner to Mozambique, provincial secretary of the Federation of Transvaal Women, banned ...

Margaret Roach Killie Campbell
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Margaret Roach Killie Campbell

Book collector, historian, writer and antiquarian

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela
Biography
Feb 28, 2020

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela

Former South African ambassador to Denmark, Politician, member of the Soweto Youth Congress, ANC and MK

Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela
Biography
Nov 22, 2013

Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela

Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela was born in 1962 in Soweto. Her parents, Nomasonto and Bafana were both traders. ...

Ray Alexander Simons
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ray Alexander Simons

Secretary of the South African Communist Party and Trade Union stalwart, General Secretary of the Food and Canning Worke...

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

An active trade unionist and member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), she received military training in Angola and the Soviet U...

Sushila Gandhi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sushila Gandhi

Politcal activist and newspaper publisher

Norma Kitson
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Norma Kitson

Member of Congress of Democrats and British Communist Party, member of the technical unit of the South African Communist...

Dulcie Evonne September
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dulcie Evonne September

ANC member, anti-apartheid activist, and political prisoner who went into exile in London. She was later assassinated in...

Helen Joseph
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Helen Joseph

Teacher, social worker, political activist, political prisoner, banned person, trade unionist, founder member of the Con...

Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn

Executive member of the Textile Workers Union in Port Elizabeth, founder member of the South African Congress of Tr...

Mildred Lesiea
Biography
May 24, 2012

Mildred Lesiea

Trade unionist, political detainee, banned person, member of the ANC, ANCWL, SACP, FSAW and the UWO, Member of Parliamen...

 Eulalie Doreen Stott
Biography
Feb 13, 2012

Eulalie Doreen Stott

Founding member of the Liberal Party, Anti-apartheid activist, President of the Black Sash and Founding member of the Wo...

Buchi Emecheta
Biography
Feb 06, 2017

Buchi Emecheta

Buchi Emecheta was a Nigerian author who focused on the conditions of women. 

Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor

Educationist, lecturer, Deputy Chief Whip of the ANC and former Minister of Education.

Sheila Weinberg
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sheila Weinberg

Member of the African National Congress (ANC) and the SACP, secretary of the Human Rights Committee, member of the Johan...

Adelaide Frances Tambo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Adelaide Frances Tambo

Nurse, chairperson of the George Goch branch of the ANCYL, founder member of the Afro-Asian Solidarity Movement and the ...

Amina Cachalia
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Amina Cachalia

Political activist, member of the TIYC and TIC, treasurer of FEDSAW, patron of the Federation of Transvaal Women, arrest...

Connie September
Biography
Aug 07, 2013

Connie September

Trade Unionist, Deputy President COSATU, member of the ANC and Member of Parliament, Minister of Human Settlements. 

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

ANC Political Activist and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, President of ANCWL, member of...

Hilda Bernstein
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Hilda Bernstein

Member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth and the South African Communist Party, founding member of the F...

Ruth First
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ruth First

Member of the SACP and ANC, founder member of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD) and Author.

Cheryl Carolus
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Cheryl Carolus

Student leader, teacher, General Secretary of the UDF, member of UWO and General Secretary of FEDSAW, Member of the SACP...

Charlotte Maxeke
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Charlotte Maxeke

Activist, one of the first Black women graduates in South Africa and one of the first Black South Africans to fight for ...

 Leleti Khumalo
Biography
Aug 17, 2011

Leleti Khumalo

South African actress best known for her leading roles in the feature films Sarafina! (1992) and Yesterday (2004)

Olive Schreiner
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Olive Schreiner

Feminist writer

Miriam Makeba
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Miriam Makeba

South African singer and human rights campaigner, Makeba was the first vocalist to put African music onto the internatio...