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Sisulu
Sisulu is a surname. Notable people with this surname include: *Albertina Sisulu (1918–2011), anti–apartheid activist * Beryl Rose Sisulu (born 1948), South African diplomat and lawyer, South African Ambassador to Mexico *Lindiwe Sisulu (born 1954), South African Minister of Defence and Military Veterans *Max Sisulu (born 1945), Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa *Mlungisi Sisulu (1948–2015), South African businessman * Samuel Sisulu (1956–2003), South African anti-apartheid activist, Soweto uprising student leader and founder of South African Freedom Organisation (SAFO) * Shaka Sisulu, South African social and political activist, entrepreneur and media personality. *Walter Sisulu (1912–2003), Secretary-General of the African National Congress *Zwelakhe Sisulu (1950–2012), South African journalist, editor, newspaper founder, CEO of SABC, and businessperson Fictional characters *Thandi Sisulu, a fictional character in the Madam & Eve ''Madam & Eve'' is a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Albertina Sisulu
Albertina Sisulu Order for Meritorious Service, OMSG ( Nontsikelelo Thethiwe; 21 October 1918 – 2 June 2011) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), she was the founding co-president of the United Democratic Front (South Africa), United Democratic Front. In South Africa, where she was affectionately known as Ma Sisulu, she is often called a Mother of the Nation, mother of the nation. Born in rural Transkei District, Transkei, Sisulu moved to Johannesburg in 1940 and was a nurse by profession. She entered politics through her marriage to Walter Sisulu and became increasingly engaged in activism after his imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial. In the 1980s she emerged as a community leader in her hometown of Soweto, assuming a prominent role in the establishment of the UDF and the revival of the Federation of South African Women. Between 1964 and 1989, she was subject to a near-continuous string of Banning order, banning orde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lindiwe Sisulu
Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu (born 10 May 1954) is a South African politician. She represented the African National Congress (ANC) in the National Assembly of South Africa between April 1994 and March 2023. During that time, from 2001 to 2023, she served continuously in Cabinet of South Africa, the cabinet as a minister under four consecutive presidents. President Cyril Ramaphosa sacked her from Second Cabinet of Cyril Ramaphosa, his cabinet in March 2023, precipitating her resignation from the National Assembly. The daughter of Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid leaders Albertina Sisulu, Albertina and Walter Sisulu, Sisulu was born in Johannesburg and attended boarding school in neighbouring Swaziland. After suffering prolonged detention without trial in 1976–1977, she left South Africa, aged 23, and joined UMkhonto we Sizwe, Umkhonto we Sizwe in exile. She lived primarily in Swaziland and England until 1990, when she returned to South Africa during the Negotiations t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mlungisi Sisulu
Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (18 May 1912 – 5 May 2003) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (ANC). Between terms as ANC Secretary-General (1949–1954) and ANC Deputy President (1991–1994), he was Accused No.2 in the Rivonia Trial and was incarcerated on Robben Island where he served more than 25 years' imprisonment for his anti-Apartheid revolutionary activism. He had a close partnership with Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, with whom he played a key role in organising the 1952 Defiance Campaign and the establishment of the African National Congress Youth League, ANC Youth League and UMkhonto we Sizwe, Umkhonto we Sizwe. He was also on the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, Central Committee of the South African Communist Party. Family Walter Sisulu was born in 1912 in the town of Ngcobo in the Union of South Africa, part of what is now the Eastern Cape, Eastern Cape province (then the Transkei). As wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Sisulu
Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu (18 May 1912 – 5 May 2003) was a South African Internal resistance to apartheid, anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (ANC). Between terms as ANC Secretary-General (1949–1954) and ANC Deputy President (1991–1994), he was Accused No.2 in the Rivonia Trial and was incarcerated on Maximum Security Prison, Robben Island, Robben Island where he served more than 25 years' imprisonment for his anti-Apartheid revolutionary activism. He had a close partnership with Oliver Tambo and Nelson Mandela, with whom he played a key role in organising the 1952 Defiance Campaign and the establishment of the African National Congress Youth League, ANC Youth League and UMkhonto we Sizwe, Umkhonto we Sizwe. He was also on the Central Committee of the South African Communist Party, Central Committee of the South African Communist Party. Family Walter Sisulu was born in 1912 in the town of Ngcobo in the Union of South Africa, part of what ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Sisulu
Max Vuyisile Sisulu (born 23 August 1945) is a South African politician and businessman who was Speaker of the National Assembly of South Africa, Speaker of the National Assembly from May 2009 to May 2014. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he was a member of the party's National Executive Committee of the African National Congress, National Executive Committee from December 1994 to December 2017. Born in Soweto, Sisulu is the son of anti-apartheid activists Albertina Sisulu, Albertina and Walter Sisulu. Between 1963 and 1990, at the height of apartheid, he lived outside of South Africa with the exiled ANC and its military wing, UMkhonto we Sizwe, Umkhonto we Sizwe. An economist by training, he was the ANC's head of economic planning from 1986 to 1990, and he remained influential in ANC economic policymaking in subsequent decades. In April 1994, in South Africa's 1994 South African general election, first democratic elections, Sisulu was elected to represent the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zwelakhe Sisulu
Zwelakhe Sisulu (17 December 1950 – 4 October 2012) was a South African black journalist, editor, and newspaper founder. He was president of the Writers' Association of South Africa, which later became the Black Media Workers Association of South Africa (or Mwasa), and he led a year-long strike in 1980 for fair wages for black journalists. Under apartheid, he was imprisoned at least three times for his journalism. After apartheid ended, he became the chief executive officer of the South African Broadcast Corporation. Personal history Zwelakhe Sisulu's family is well known for its struggle against Apartheid in South Africa. He was the son of anti-Apartheid activists and African National Congress members Walter Sisulu and Albertina Sisulu. He was the brother of Max Sisulu, Speaker of the National Assembly, and Lindiwe Sisulu, Minister of Public Service and Administration. His father was sentenced to life in prison in 1964 when Zwelakhe Sisulu was 13 years old. Sisulu and his w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shaka Sisulu
Shaka Sisulu is a South African social and political activist, entrepreneur and media personality. Career Shaka Sisulu has co-founded and worked in various media and IT ventures, including the telecommunications wing of $300m ITEC group. In 2006, he co-founded Cheesekids for Humanity, popularly known as Cheesekids, a 20,000 strong volunteer movement. In conjunction with his alma mater, Gordon's Institute of Business Science (GIBS), Shaka co-hosted and facilitated a number of dialogue circles - A Conversation with Kgalema Mothlanthe (2008), Undecided Voters Forum (2009), The Dinner Club (2010), Qiniso (2011) - that brought together youth of highly diverse backgrounds and political persuasions with a view to build- ing bridges for the future. He has given talks on business, and entrepreneurship at Levis’ Pioneer Nation, Awethu Incubator and THUD Joburg. Between 2009 and 2011 Shaka served as a founding trustee of the Foundation for a Safe South Africa. Shaka served on the board o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beryl Rose Sisulu
Beryl Rose Sisulu (; born 1948) is a South African diplomat and lawyer who is currently serving as South African Ambassador to Mexico, having been appointed to that position in 2023. She is the adopted daughter of Albertina and Walter Sisulu. Early life and career Sisulu was born in 1948 in Soweto in the former Transvaal Province. After her mother, Rosabella Lockman (née Sisulu), died, she and her elder brother, Gerald, were raised in Soweto by their maternal uncle, political activist Walter Sisulu, and his wife Albertina Sisulu. She attended high school at St Michael's School in Swaziland and later completed a law degree at the University of Natal. In subsequent years, she worked at Black Sash as regional director for KwaZulu-Natal; qualified as an attorney during her articles at the Legal Resources Centre; and worked at the Department of Justice. She married Leonard Simelane. Diplomatic career Sisulu is a career diplomat. She was appointed as Ambassador to Norway in 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Sisulu
Samuel Sisulu (June 1956 - June 2003) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, Soweto uprising student leader and founder of South African Freedom Organisation (SAFO). He was jailed at various prisons including Robben Island in 1978, two years after the 1976 Soweto uprising. Samuel Sisulu was charged under the Terrorism Act. Reported in WIP 3. He was mentioned in the indictment of Paul Langa and found guilty of founding SAFO, attempting to cripple the economy of the country by bombing the apartheid government, inciting persons to persuade taxi drivers not to transport workers to place of work, aid strikes, unlawfully aid students in their fight against Bantu education and was also found guilty of recruiting people for military training. Whilst in Robben Island, Samuel shared prison cells with his adopted father Walter Sisulu and Ahmed Kathrada Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada OMSG (21 August 1929 – 28 March 2017), sometimes known by the nickname "Kathy", was a South African po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madam & Eve
''Madam & Eve'' is a daily comic strip originating in South Africa. The strip, by Stephen Francis and Rico Schacherl, is syndicated in 13 publications and claims a daily readership of over 4 million people. The strip was first published in July 1992, in a black and white weekly format in ''The Weekly Mail'' (now the ''Mail & Guardian'') and in a monthly colour format in ''Living'' magazine. In 1993 the creators added five daily cartoons, also in black and white. In 2000 ''Madam & Eve'' was made into a television sitcom. Concept A satirical strip, it started in 1992 and was based around the theme of a middle-class white woman, Gwen Anderson ("Madam"), and her black maid, Eve Sisulu, coming to terms with the new South Africa as the Apartheid era drew to a close. Theirs is a relationship of affectionate squabbling. Perhaps in the spirit of equality, neither character is portrayed as particularly sympathetic. Madam is always coming up with silly ideas in order to fit in more with th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
