Pregs (birth-name Pregaluxmi) Govender born 15 February 1960 is a feminist human rights activist, writer and author of Love and Courage, A Story of Insubordination.She is widely respected for her contribution to advancing women’s rights in South Africa (SA) and internationally. Govender initiated SA’s globally influential ‘Women’s Budget’ through SA Parliament’s 1994 budget debates and steered its political
(Heloise) Ruth First 4 May 1925 – 17 August 1982 was a South African anti-apartheid activist and scholar. She was assassinated in Mozambique, where she was working in exile, by a parcel bomb built by South African police. She was an Academic Revolutionary. Samora Machel once called her, “A secret weapon of the revolution ”
Lucinda Evans born 1972 is a South African women’s rights activist. She is known for having led nationwide marches and was one of the speakers at the #AmINext protest outside South Africa’s parliament calling for government action against gender-based violence and femicide. Contents 1Early years 2Philanthropy 3Awards and recognition 4References Early years Evans was born in District Six, Cape Town, and moved
Farid Esack born 1955 in Wynberg, Cape Town is a South African Muslim scholar, writer, and political activist known for his opposition to apartheid, his appointment by Nelson Mandela as a gender equity commissioner, and his work for inter-religious dialogue. Contents 1Early life 2Middle years 3Books by Farid Esack 4References 5Further reading Early life
Colin Wells Eglin 14 April 1925 – 29 November 2013 was a South African politician best known for having served as national leader of the opposition from 1977–79 and 1986-87. He represented Sea Point in the South African Parliament from 1958–61 and from 1974-2004. Described by Nelson Mandela as “one of the architects of (South Africa’s) democracy”, Eglin played
Bettie du Toit OLS also Elizabeth Sophia Honman, born July 15, 1910 in Transvaal Province, South Africa, died January 31, 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa was a trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist in South Africa. Contents 1Biography 2Personal life 3See also 4References 4.1Citations 4.2Sources Biography Du Toit was born in the former Transvaal Province on a farm, where she had one elder brother, though both
Lilian Diedricks born 1925 in Port Elizabeth, Red Location was a South African activist known as a founding member of the Federation of South African Women. She was an active shop steward and co-founded the Federation of South African Women in 1954. Her family was forced out of New Brighton during the 1940s. She was
Amina Desai c. 1920 – 10 June 2009 was South Africa’s longest serving female Indian political prisoner. In 1996, aged 76, she was a witness for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. In 2013 she was posthumously awarded South Africa’s national Order of Luthuli. Arrest and incarceration Amina was arrested and accused by the apartheid government of conspiring with her
Sophia Theresa Williams-de Bruyn born 1938 is a former South African anti-apartheid activist. She was the first recipient of the Women’s Award for exceptional national service. She is the last living leader of the Women’s March. Contents 1Early life 2Political career 3Legacy 4References 5External links Early life Sophia Theresa Williams-De Bruyn was born in
Nosipho Dastile 1938–2009 was a community and anti-Apartheid activist in the small town of Uitenhage, just outside Port Elizabeth. She was elected councillor under the banner of what was then the new democratically constituted Uitenhage Transitional Local Council from 1994 to 1999. Contents 1Early life 2Political Life 3Honours 4See also 5External links 6References Early