Sister Bernard Ncube

Sister Bernard Ncube (9 March 1935 – August 31, 2012) was a South African Catholic nun, teacher, political activist and women's rights advocate. She was a member of the Companions Catholic Order and helped establish women's organisations in the Transvaal. In 1984 she became the first president of the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW). She was detained several times under apartheid-era emergency regulations and later served as a Member of Parliament. She was also elected mayor of the West Rand region of Johannesburg. Quotes Our prisons are man-made ‘hells on earth’, places of torture and suffering. What do you think of an animal in a cage, with all of its instincts to be out there free to move, longing to live its life, as was meant by the Creator? South African History Online I have a deeper strength than ever and a deeper commitment. The Bible meant a lot to me, it was an answer to my situation in a very realistic way. The Bible spoke for itself in detention; I had never had so much time to study it. Spiritual Care of Women in South African Prisons The struggle that we are waging is not just a women’s struggle — it is a social struggle; a religious struggle; a political struggle; an economic struggle — for a new order. Sechaba The hands that rock the cradle can rule the world! Sechaba This Botha government talks all the time about black terrorism, but it is ignoring rampant, absolutely rampant, white terrorism against us. Los Angeles Times External links Category:1932 births Category:2012 deaths Category:Women activists from South Africa Category:Anti-apartheid activists Category:Political activists Category:Catholics from South Africa Category:Nuns Category:Women politicians in South Africa Category:Mayors Category:Women born in the 1930s