"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)
"With confidence we lay our case open before the whole world. Whether we conquer or whether we die: freedom shall rise in Africa like the sun from the morning clouds"
Bram Fischer (1908-1975)
"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)
