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South African women civil rights activists

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The list South African women civil rights activists includes Victoria Mxenge, Kathleen Murray, Margaret Ballinger, Zainunnisa (Cissie) Gool and Frene Ginwala. The list consists of 26 members.
  • 1.

    Victoria Mxenge
    South African activist
    Victoria Mxenge
    Overview: Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge (1 January 1942, in King William's Town, Eastern Cape – 1 August 1985, in Umlazi, Durban, Natal) was a South African anti-apartheid activist; she was trained as a nurse and ...
    Date of birth: 1 January 1942
    Date of death: 1985
    Age: 43 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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    20th-century women lawyers 409T
    Extrajudicial killings in South Africa 12T
    Assassinated South African activists 10T
  • 2.

    Kathleen Murray
    South African, Philanthropist
    Kathleen Murray
    Overview: Caroline Kathleen Murray (9 August 1892 - 9 February 1984) was an export farmer, philanthropist and Black Sash activist of Elgin, South Africa.
    Date of birth: 9 August 1892
    Date of death: 9 February 1984
    Age: 91 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Philanthropist
    Gender: Female
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    South African women activists 71T
    Black Sash 13T
    Elgin, Western Cape 15T
  • 3.

    Margaret Ballinger
    South African politician
    Margaret Ballinger
    Overview: Margaret Ballinger (née Hodgson; 1894–1980) was the first President of the Liberal Party of South Africa and a South African Member of Parliament. In 1944, Ballinger was referred to as the "Queen of the ...
    Date of birth: 1894
    Date of death: 1980
    Age: 85 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Politician
    Gender: Female
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    20th-century South African women politicians 23T
    South African women activists 71T
    20th-century South African politicians 58T
  • 4.

    Zainunnisa (Cissie) Gool
    South African activist
    Overview: Zainunnisa "Cissie" Gool (6 November 1897 – 1 July 1963) was an anti-apartheid political and civil rights leader in South Africa. She was the daughter of prominent physician and politician Abdullah A ...
    Date of birth: 1897
    Date of death: 1963
    Age: 65 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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    20th-century women lawyers 409T
    Alumni of Trafalgar High School (Cape Town) 9T
    South African women activists 71T
  • 5.

    Frene Ginwala
    South African politician
    Frene Ginwala
    Overview: Frene Noshir Ginwala (25 April 1932 – 12 January 2023) was a South African journalist and politician who was the first Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa from 1994 to 2004. She was influential ...
    Date of birth: 25 April 1932
    Date of death: 12 January 2023
    Age: 90 (age at death)
    Nationality: Indian
    Occupation: Barrister
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    2023 deaths 240T
    20th-century South African historians 39T
    Women civil rights activists 606T
  • 6.

    Dulcie September
    South African political activist
    Dulcie September
    Overview: Dulcie Evonne September (20 August 1935 – 29 March 1988) was a South African anti-apartheid political activist. Born in Athlone, Western Cape, South Africa, she was assassinated in Paris, France.
    Date of birth: 20 August 1935
    Date of death: 29 March 1988
    Age: 52 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
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    Assassinated South African activists 10T
    South African women activists 71T
    People murdered in Paris 48T
  • 7.

    Helen Suzman
    South African politician
    Helen Suzman
    Overview: Helen Suzman, DBE (7 November 1917 – 1 January 2009) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and politician. She represented a succession of liberal and centre-left opposition parties during her 36-year ...
    Date of birth: 7 November 1917
    Date of death: 1 January 2009
    Age: 91 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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    20th-century South African women politicians 23T
    Women members of the Parliament of South Africa 1T
    Jewish South African anti-apartheid activists 42T
  • 8.

    Sally Gross
    Intersex activist
    Overview: Sally Gross (born Selwyn Gross; 22 August 1953 – 14 February 2014) was an anti-apartheid and intersex activist. A member of the African National Congress during the apartheid era, and the founder of I ...
    Date of birth: 22 August 1953
    Date of death: 14 February 2014
    Age: 60 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
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    Intersex women 46T
    Jewish South African anti-apartheid activists 42T
    South African women activists 71T
  • 9.

    Molly Blackburn
    South African activist
    Overview: Molly Bellhouse Blackburn (12 November 1930 – 28 December 1985) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, political activist, civil rights campaigner and politician, widely respected by both blacks ...
    Date of birth: 12 November 1930
    Date of death: 28 December 1985
    Age: 55 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
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    South African women activists 71T
    Black Sash 13T
    White Left (South Africa) 114T
  • 10.

    Ruth First
    South African politician
    Ruth First
    Overview: (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 ...
    Date of birth: 4 May 1925
    Date of death: 17 August 1982
    Age: 57 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
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    Members of the Order of Luthuli 92T
    Jewish South African anti-apartheid activists 42T
    Assassinated South African activists 10T
  • 11.

    Priscilla Jana
    South African human-rights lawyer
    Priscilla Jana
    Overview: Devikarani Priscilla Sewpal Jana (5 December 1943 – 10 October 2020) was a South African human rights lawyer, politician and diplomat of Indian descent. As a member of the African National Congress ...
    Date of birth: 5 December 1943
    Date of death: 10 October 2020
    Age: 76 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
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  • 12.
    Overview: Julia Nicol (1956 – April 3, 2019) was a South African activist and librarian. Nicol worked with LGBT groups in South Africa and was a co-founder and leader of the Organisation of Lesbian and Gay Activists ...
    Date of birth: 1956
    Date of death: 3 April 2019
    Age: 62 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
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  • 13.

    Freda Levson
    South African political activist
    Overview: Winifred "Freda" May Levson (born MacDonald Troup 21 November 1911 - 7 October 2004) was a South African activist. Levson fought against apartheid throughout her life. Her 1950 book, In Face of Fear: ...
    Date of birth: 21 November 1911
    Age: 113
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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  • 14.

    Ayanda Denge
    South African trans woman and sex worker
    Overview: Ayanda Denge (died 24 March 2019) was a South African trans woman and sex trafficking survivor. She was an advocate for transgender people, sex trafficking survivors, and for the abolition of prostitution ...
    Date of death: 24 March 2019
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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  • 15.

    Tania Leon
    South African feminist (1945–1996)
    Overview: Tania Leon (Wellington, May 4, 1945 – Nigtevecht, August 15, 1996) was a South African women's activist . She was a member of the anti-apartheid movement in the Netherlands and of the Dutch unit of the ...
    Date of birth: 4 May 1945
    Date of death: 15 August 1996
    Age: 51 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
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    South African women activists 71T
    People from Wellington, Western Cape 17T
    South African emigrants to the Netherlands 13T
  • 16.
    Overview: Joyce Piliso-Seroke (born 1933) is a South-African educator, activist, feminist and community organizer. A former vice president of the World YWCA, she traveled internationally to speak about the effects ...
    Date of birth: 11 July 1933
    Age: 91
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
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  • 17.

    Joyce Sikakane
    South African journalist and activist
    Overview: Joyce Nomafa Sikakane, later Sikakane-Rankin (born 1943), is a South African journalist and activist. She was detained by the Apartheid South African government for 17 months for her anti-apartheid activism ...
    Date of birth: 1943
    Age: 81
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
    Gender: Female
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  • 18.

    Gertrude Shope
    South African political activist
    Overview: Gertrude Ntiti Shope OMSS (15 August 1925 – 22 May 2025) was a South African trade unionist and politician.
    Date of birth: 15 August 1925
    Date of death: 22 May 2025
    Age: 99 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
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    Members of the National Assembly of South Africa 1994–1999 394T
    South African anti-apartheid activists 534T
    Activists from Johannesburg 20T
  • 19.

    Dorothy Nyembe
    South African activist and politician
    Overview: Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe (December 31, 1931 – December 17, 1998) was a South African activist and politician.
    Date of birth: 31 December 1931
    Date of death: 17 December 1998
    Age: 66 (age at death)
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
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  • 20.

    Jean Bernadt
    South African anti-apartheid activist
    Overview: Jean Bernadt (née Alkin) (19 May 1914 – 9 April 2011) was a South African anti-apartheid activist.
    Nationality: South African
    Occupation: Activist
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