Lives of Courage

Women who died in exile

Bannings: Women who were banned by the Apartheid government

Detentions/imprisonment

Assasinations and Murders

Ruth First (left) during the Treason Trial. Ruth First was assasinated in Mozambique in the 1980s. © Bailey's Archives

Exile: Women who died in exile

Bucibo, Joyce

Cothoza, June Rose Nontsikelelo

Dadoo, Winnie

Ditshabako, Brenda

Ngqose, Daphne

Goldberg, Annie

Karabo, Freda

Lebo, Ena

Madimola, Rethabile Patricia

Manaka, Sabata

Manzezulu, Sheila Kukie

Maqolo, Beauty

Maseku, Sophia Theko

Mbele, Masechaba

Mochous, Anita Mojabeng


Modimeng, Joyce

Mokgatle, Maggie

Molale, Kate

Morabe, Mosele Eunice

Ndlovu, Brenda

Ndwashlana, Duduzile

Ramusi, Selaelo


Rantao, Christinah

Schoon, Jeanette Eva


Schoon, Katryn Joyce

Shabungu, Portia

Shangase, Nomava

Speedo, Dudu

Watts, Agnes

Yende, Prudence

Bannings:

Alexander, Ray

Baard, Francis

Balfour, Mabel

Barenblatt, Yetta

Barsel, Esther (nee Levin)

Benson, Mary

Bernstein, Hilda

Carneson, Sarah

Desai, Amina Suliman Nagdee

Diedericks, Lily

Ditsego, Rebecca

Doyle, Molly Irene (nee Anderson)

Duncan, Florence Lucella

Ensor, Margaret Paula

Faleni, Bonakele

Fineberg, Anne (nee Nicholson)

Gaso, Margaret

Gqirana, Violet

Hain, Adelaine Florence

Hashe, Viola

Hitchins, Laura Stella

Hodgson, Rica

Horn, Patricia

Joseph, Helen Beatrice May

Lapinsky (nee Barsel), Sheila

Lazar, Ruth Woodburn (nee Hayman)

Lungile, Lydia

Mabandla, Brigitte Sylvia (nee Nqoma)

Madapu, Magade

Makgalemela, Mary

Mandela, Winnie

Mashaba, Bertha

Mashaba, Tshintsheng Caroline

Mathebula, Rosina Manase

Mercorio, Brenda Evadne Glover

Mkize, Mhloshane Annah

Mngoma, Verginia alias Venus alias Thoko

Moodley, Sumboornam (nee Pillay)

Mswane, Florence Grace (nee Mkhize)

Naidoo, Phyllis Ruth Vasendha

Ndzanga, Rita Alita

Neame, Sylvia Brereton

Ngoyi, Lilian Masediba

Palmer, Josie

Ramgobin, Ela (nee Gandhi)

Ramphele, Aletta Mamphela

Rietstein, Amy (now Thornton)

Schlachter (nee Behr), Rose

Schoon, Diana Mary

Seedat , Fatima (Sayyed Ally)

Selahle, Lonica Mogoshadi

Sikakane, Joyce

Simons, Mary

Simons, Tanya Anne

Sisulu, Albertina, alias Tinie

Sithole, Miriam Thandi

Slovo, Heloise Ruth

Soga, Dinah Mokwayi, alias Monke

Strachan, Jean Clarice (nee Middleton)

Tswana, Florence Koena

Van Blerk, Wilma Daphne Lilian

Van der Heyden, Doris

Van der Heyden, Elizabeth

Weinberg, Sheila

Zama, Florence Faith

Detentions/imprisonment:

Arenstein, Jackie

Barenblatt, Yetta

Bunting, Sonia

Cachalia, Mrs. Miriam

Christopher, Ms. Gadja (Gadija)

Cooper, Mrs. Vinod

Desai, Mrs. Amina Suliman Nagdee

Elkon, Miss Debbie

First, Ruth

Fitzgerald, Mrs. Hanchen Elizabeth

Hogan, Barbara


Hunter, Ms. Kathy

Joseph, Helen

Klugman, Ms. Barbara

Levitan, Mrs. Esther

Mashaba, Bertha

Mdingi, Gloria

Meer, Miss Zohra


Middleton, Jean

Moola, Mrs. Zubeida

Naidoo, Miss Nalini

Naidoo, Phylis

Naidoo, Mrs. T.

Neame, Sylvia

Ngoyi, Lilian

Nyembe, Dorothy

Patel, Ms. Suryakala (Suriakala)

Pahad, Mrs. Amina

Rabkin, Sue

Roux, Miss Rene

Schreiner, Mrs. Jennifer

Schermbrucker, Leslie

Shanley, Dorothy

Smith, Ms. Daphne

Solly, Ms. Violet

Weinberg, Violet

Yarwitch, Miss Joanne

Assasinations and Murders:

September , Dulcie

First (Slovo), Ruth

Mxenge, Victoria

Bozwana, Notemba (excecuted)