Dr Nomava Eslinah Shangase
South African nurse and political activist
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Dr Kesavelo Goonaruthnumo Naidoo
South African doctor and anti-apartheid activist
Dr Manto Tshabalala-Msimang
As South Africa’s Minister of Health from 1999 to 2008, her refusal to support the use of antiretroviral medicines to treat HIV led to the deaths of over 300,000 infected South Africans.
Dr Oshadi Mangena
South African political activist
Dr Susan Vosloo
Dr Vosloo was South Africa’s first female heart surgeon and first pediatric heart surgeon.
Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh
South African physician, activist and writer
Margaret Mary Nolan
Irish obstetric surgeon, gynaecologist and missionary nun
Dora Nginza
Sister Dora Nginza was affectionately known as the “Mother of New Brighton” as a result of her commitment to helping the sick and downtrodden and adopting homeless children. She laid the foundation of health services in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth, South Africa.
Kathleen O’Rourke
Irish physical education pioneer and co-founder of the Central Remedial Clinic
Victoria Mxenge
South African nurse and activist