Lilian Masediba Matabane Ngoyi, "Mma Ngoyi", OMSG (25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980) was a South African anti-apartheid activist.[1][2][3][4] She was the first woman elected to the executive committee of the African National Congress, and helped launch the Federation of South African Women.
Prior to becoming a machinist at a textile mill, where she was employed from 1945 to 1956, Ngoyi enrolled to become a nurse.[5]
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Chris Van Wyk (2006). Lilian Ngoyi. Awareness Publishing. p. 7. ISBN 978-1-77008-160-4. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
^Richard Davies (16 November 2004). "SA christens first new environmental vessel". Independent Online. Archived from the original on 10 May 2013. Retrieved 4 December 2011. A sprinkling of holy water and a spray of champagne marked the naming of the first of South Africa's four new environmental protection vessels, the Lilian Ngoyi, in Cape Town harbour on Tuesday.
^"SA's marine protection vessels". SAinfo. 20 May 2005. Archived from the original on 30 November 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2011. Lilian Ngoyi rose to prominence during the defiance campaigns of the 1950s and 1960s. She was one of the leaders of the 20 0000-women march to the Union Buildings in 1956 in protest against the pass laws.
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Cathy LaVerne Freeman (10 August 2009). "Relays in Rebellion: The Power in Lilian Ngoyi and Fannie Lou Hame". Georgia State University. ISBN 9781770081604. Retrieved 4 December 2011.
^"Lilian Masediba Ngoyi". South African History Online. 1 August 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2016.
Lilian Masediba Matabane Ngoyi, "Mma Ngoyi", OMSG (25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980) was a South African anti-apartheid activist. She was the first woman...
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and the Freedom Charter. Rahima, Sophia De Bruyn, Helen Joseph and LillianNgoyi led 20,000 women's march on 9 August 1956 to demonstrate against the...
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she accused him of adultery. He may have had affairs with ANC member LillianNgoyi and secretary Ruth Mompati; various individuals close to Mandela in...
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humanitarian. She was one of the members who served under the leadership of LillianNgoyi who led a 20,000 strong 1956 Women's March to the Union buildings in...
leader of the Natal Indian Congress Billy Nair, trade unionist in Natal LillianNgoyi (one of the final 30 defendants) Duma Nokwe (one of the final 30 defendants)...
from all races and colours. The organisation was led by Helen Joseph, LillianNgoyi and Cachalia as the steering committee for the organisation. Cachalia...
arrested is Lillian Masediba Ngoyi. 19 – The Four year long Treason Trial begins at the Drill Hall in Johannesburg. Unknown date Lillian Masediba Ngoyi is elected...
first person to be placed under house arrest under the Sabotage Act. LillianNgoyi is banned for 10 years, confining her to Orlando Township in Johannesburg...
during the march and features some of the women who led the 1956 march: LillianNgoyi, Helen Joseph, Sophia Williams-De Bruyn and Rahima Moosa. Magubane ceased...
found the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) together with LillianNgoyi, Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa and many others. In the 1930s, Black South...
of the Bahamas after it was granted self-government by the British LillianNgoyi, 68, South African black nationalist known as "the mother of black resistance"...
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