Ms. N. Thoko Mpumlwana "I want my children to know that our past violent society left permanent scars and that the future is in building social cohesion in a society still divided on racial, sexist, ethnic, and class lines” "I want my kids to 'imagine' and work towards a non-racial and non-sexist society. Patriarchy lives and its effect

To commemorate Women's Month, the FrankTalk blog will feature women, mothers of the nation, who have been instrumental to South Africa's journey to democracy.  This week we profile, Dr. Brigalia Bam. Dr. Brigalia N. Bam “Democracy has to take root in each and every corner of the country. We will work with all organs of civil society, including churches and

Chris Hani (28 June 1942 - 10 April 1993) Political Activist Chris Hani, born on 28 June 1942, in Cofimvaba, Transkei. General-Secretary of the SACP since December 1991 and ANC NEC member since 1974. Matriculated at Lovedale, 1958; Universities Rhodes and Fort Hare - 1959/61, BA Latin and English. Joined ANC Youth League 1957. Active in Eastern and

Thabo Mbeki  (18 June 1942)  Former President, Activist Thabo Mbeki is a South African politician born on June 18, 1942, in Mbewuleni, Idutywa, South Africa. The anti-apartheid supporter rose within the political ranks of the African National Congress. He served two terms as the second president of South Africa after Nelson Mandela. Mbeki's controversial stance that HIV did

MARCUS GARVEY  (17 August 1887– 10 June 1940) Civil Rights Activist Born in Jamaica, Marcus Garvey was an orator for the Black Nationalism and Pan-Africanism movements, to which end he founded the Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League. Garvey advanced a Pan-African philosophy which inspired a global mass movement, known as Garveyism. Garveyism would eventually inspire others,

Lilian Mesediba Ngoyi (25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980) Anti-apartheid Activist & Treason Trialist Sourced From: SA History Online     Lilian Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria in 1911 to a family of six children, and obtained her primary schooling in Kilnerton. She later enrolled for a nurses' training course, but she eventually took up work