"Strijdom! Stop and think for you have aroused the wrath of the women of South Africa and that wrath might put you and your evil deeds out of action sooner than you expect."
Lilian Ngoyi (1911-1980) speaking during the Women’s March to the
Union Buildings, Pretoria, 9 August 1956
"The most potent weapon in the hand of the oppressor
is the mind of the oppressed."
Steve Biko (1946 – 1977)
"Awaking on Friday morning, June 20, 1913,
the South African Native found himself, not actually a slave,
but a pariah in the land of his birth."
Sol Plaatje (1876-1932) Opening lines from Native Life in South Africa, 1913
"This work is not for yourselves kill that spirit of self and do not live above your people, but live with them.
If you can rise, bring someone with you."
Charlotte Manye Maxeke (1871-1939)
"I am the product of the masses of my country
and the product of my enemy"
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936 - 2018)
