Albertina Sisulu

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The University of Johannesburg confers an honorory doctoral degree (Doctor Litterarum et Philosophiae (honoris causa)) to Albertina Sisulu in acknowledgment of her revolutionary role in pre-1994 South Africa.

Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (born 21 October 1918^[1]) is a black South African anti–apartheid activist, and the widow of fellow activist Walter Sisulu (1912 - 2003). In 2004 she was voted 57th in the SABC3's Great South Africans.

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Sisulu said the following in 1987, referring to Soweto, the urban area southwest of Johannesburg constructed for the settlement of black people.

"Women are the people who are going to relieve us from all this oppression and depression. The rent boycott that is happening in Soweto now is alive because of the women. It is the women who are on the street committees educating the people to stand up and protect each other."[1]

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[1] Quotation by Albertina Sisulu from The Columbia World of Quotations (1996)
[1] Liberation leaders honoured for their contributions to democracy (April 12, 2007)