"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)
"After being a man of the world, I have discovered there is no
Zulu, Xhosa, Mosotho or Coloured,
but all are and must be known as Africans."
Josiah Gumede (1867-1946)
"I am the product of the masses of my country
and the product of my enemy"
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela (1936 - 2018)
"A few days ago one of the nicer warders got talking to me and said he wondered why I got mixed up in all this business, meaning politics generally. How does one explain to a chap like him that to live a life of humiliation and without dignity is not worth living"
Ahmed Kathrada (1929-2017)
