Rita Ndzanga

Rita Alice Ndzanga (17 October 1933 – 17 August 2022) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, trade unionist and politician. She was a pioneering trade union organiser and a participant in the 1969 Trial of 22. She later served as a Member of Parliament and was awarded the Order of Luthuli for her contribution to workers’ rights and the struggle for a free and democratic South Africa. Quotes Women must come together, through our different forms of struggles, and continue to fight night and day for our freedom. Sunday Times Apartheid affected everyone of us. iBali, University of Cape Town It’s the story of all those women, the mothers, who worked in the suburbs, in the kitchens, kneeling down, scrubbing the floors, doing washing, ironing for nothing. Sunday Times We wanted our dignity back. Daily Dispatch External links Category:1933 births Category:2022 deaths Category:Women activists from South Africa Category:Women politicians in South Africa Category:Trade unionists Category:Anti-apartheid activists Category:Women born in the 1930s