"She spoke the language of the worker, and she was herself an ordinary factory worker. When she said what she stood for, she evoked emotions no other person could evoke;Winnie Madikizela-Mandela"
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Anti-apartheid activistsWomen born in the 1910sWomen activists from South AfricaWomen politicians in South Africa
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Lilian Ngoyi: an heroic South African woman whose story hasn’t been fully told,Published: August 8, 2022, by Martha Evans, University of Cape Town
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Lillian Ngoyi
Lilian Masediba Matabane Ngoyi, "Ma Ngoyi", OMSG (25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980) was a South African anti-apartheid activist.She was the first woman elected to the executive committee of the African National Congress, and helped launch the Federation of South African Women.
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