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Mary Margaret Ngalo

South African anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist

Mary Benson

South African anti-apartheid activist

Mary Thipe

She was in charge of recruiting young people into the African National Congress to ensure that Umkhonto weSizwe (MK), the ANC’s military wing, had a steady supply of fighters.

Malahele-Xakana became the first Black woman to register as a medical doctor in South Africa in 1947. She was also a founder member of the YWCA, a member of the Women’s Peace movement and a member of the Fort Hare University Council.

Mary Moodley

South African political activist

Hélène Passtoors

Belgian-Dutch activist and journalist

Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels

South African community activist

Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana

A co-founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), she was involved in political activism and promotion of the BCM in South Africa during the 1970s.