Tribute

Farewell to a feisty legend and spirited human being

Shanthini Naidoo remembers Rita Alita Ndzanga, a struggle veteran, unionist and unflinching fighter for liberation and women's rights in SA, who died on Wednesday aged 88

21 August 2022 - 00:00

On Sunday, August 7, Ma Rita Alita Ndzanga visited the graves  of fellow struggle stalwarts Helen Joseph and Lilian Ngoyi to honour the women of the 1956 resistance campaign and march that Women’s Day in SA commemorates. ..

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