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History of Women’s Struggle in South Africa
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- Pamela dos Santos (nee Beira)Politcal activist, member of ANC Women's League
- Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-ZumaANC member, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Health, Minister of Foreign Affairs,…
- Anna Johanna Dorthea De VilliersAuthor, educator and first female principal of Huguenot University College
- Amina DesaiSouth Africa’s longest serving female Indian political prisoner
- Patricia De LillePolitician, former member of PAC, trade unionist, founder and a leader of Independent…
- Ethel de KeyserArtist and underground ANC activist
- Ayesha Bibi “Asa” DawoodPolitical and women's activist and trade unionist
- Joan Hoskyn DaviesDavies was born on Robben Island in 1909, where her father was a doctor. In 1935 she…
- Stella Madge DamosTrade unionist, member of SACTU
- Jacqueline Daane-van Rensburganti-Apartheid activist.
- Hester Elizabeth CorneliusTrade Unionist, Garment Worker’s Union, Playright
- Janet Mary CherryGeneral Secretary of the National Union of South African Students, Member of the United…
- Cheryl CarolusStudent leader, teacher, General Secretary of the UDF, member of UWO and General…
- Sarah CarnesonTrade unionist, member of the SACP, political activist, political prisoner, banned person…
- Amina CachaliaPolitical activist, member of the TIYC and TIC, treasurer of FEDSAW, patron of the…
- Sonia Beryl BuntingMember of the SACP, Founder member of the Cape Town Friends of Cuba Society
- Conny BraamDutch anti apartheid activist and Operation Vula Operative
- Molly BlackburnSouth African political activist.
- Diana (Di) BishopPolitical Activist.
- M. N. BholaPolitical Activist and ANC member
- Mama BeshengaPolitical Activist and Trade unionist (1960's)
- Hilda BernsteinMember of the South African Labour Party League of Youth and the South African Communist…
- Mary Dorothy BensonAuthor, journalist, anti-apartheid activist, co-founded the Africa Bureau, first person…
- Sathima Bea BenjaminJazz singer
- Esther BarselPolitical activist, worked with SACTU and a member of the Young Communist League (YCL)…
- Yetta BarenblattTrade Unionist, member of the East London Worker’s Civic League and Secretary of the…
- Brigalia BamHead of Independent Electoral Commission
- Violet Margaret Livingstone BallingerViolet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger was born on 11th of January 1894 in Scotland. She…
- Siziwe Nosimo BalindlelaPolitician, Premier of the Eastern Cape Province and former Minister of Sport and Art and…
- Mabel Balfouranti-apartheid activist, trade unionist, arrested, General Secretary of the African Food…
- Frances BaardOrganiser of the African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League and Trade Unionist.
- Zainab Ebrahim AsvatPolitical activist, TIC Member and medical doctor
- Jacqueline (Jackie) ArensteinJournalist, Legal Advisor to Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, jailed from 1966-1970 under the…
- Phyllis AltmanPolitical activist and trade unionist (1950s)
- Ray Alexander SimonsSecretary of the South African Communist Party and Trade Union stalwart, General…
- Magdelene Malotane AdamsMagdelene Moloto was born in a Mission Station in Limpopo. She lived with her grandmother…
- Feroza AdamMember of AZASO,FEDTRAW, UDF and ANC.
- Elizabeth Adriana (Nanna) AbrahamsAnti-Apartheid activist and trade unionist
- Bessie Amelia HeadTeacher, author and journalist
- Margareth BaloiMa Baloi as she was fondly addressed, was born on 8 August 1936. She lived in the region…