Pumza Dyantyi

Pumza Dyantyi (5 September 1948 – 7 December 2020) was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist. She served as a Member of the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature and as the Eastern Cape MEC for Health and later Social Development. She was elected to the National Assembly in 2019 and served until her death in 2020. Quotes This is what government is about, taking services to the people. Vuk'uzenzele Our aim is to get services closer to people so that they don’t have to travel long distances. Vuk'uzenzele TB is dangerous and contagious; it has killed a lot of people throughout South Africa but the good news is it is completely curable. Vuk'uzenzele As a society, we are ignorant with regard to TB and because of that, TB is likely to continue spreading. Vuk'uzenzele The main reason we decided to participate is because we see that the awareness campaign carried out by this big walk are more than we can reach as the department and we can never win alone. SABC News External links Category:1948 births Category:2020 deaths Category:Women activists from South Africa Category:Women politicians in South Africa Category:Anti-apartheid activists Category:Women born in the 1940s