"I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear."
Nelson Mandela (1918 – 2013)
"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
"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)
"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)
