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Lillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies

Lillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies

Date
13 Mar 1980
Updated
30 Sep 2019
Lillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies

Anti-Apartheid activist and founder member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), Lilian Ngoyi died on 13 March 1980. She was 68 years old.   Living as a restricted person at the time, she developed a heart condition and died. Born in Pretoria in 1911, Ngoyi worked as a nurse before she became an activist. She joined the African National Congress (ANC) and eventually helped found the party’s women wing, ANCWL.  In 1956, Ngoyi led a march against pass laws for women to the Union Buildings and personally knocked on Prime Minister J.G Strijdom’s door to hand over the petitions. In 2012, a Pretoria street was named in her honour.

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  1. 01SAHO Masediba Lilian Ngoyi   [online] Available at: www.sahistory.com [Accessed on 28 February 2013]
  2. 02Who’s Who Lilian Ngoyi [online] Available at: www.whoswho.co.za [Accessed on 28 February 2013]

Last updated · 30 Sep 2019

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South African History Online. (2013, March 7). Lillian Ngoyi, well-known anti-Apartheid activist, dies . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/E-0095246

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