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	Albertina Sisulu - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu (born 1919) is a fl South African anti–apartheid activist, and the widow of fellow activist Walter Sisulu (1912 - 2003).
		In 2004 she was voted 57th in the SABC3's Great South Africans.
		Sisulu said the following in 1987, referring to Soweto, the urban area southwest of Johannesburg constructed for the settlement of fl people.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Albertina_Sisulu (152 words)

	Kituo cha katiba >> Alberina Sisulu - Profile
		Sisulu in I941 and was present in the first meeting of the formation of the ANC Youth League.
		Albertina was a leader of the campaign to boycott 'Bantu Education,' imposed on African children in 1954; alternative classes were held at her home until they were prohibited by law.
		Albertina has agreed to be nominated to the post of Rector of the University of Edinburgh, not for the honour to herself but to enable the electors to show their concern for freedom in South Africa and their solidarity with those struggling under very difficult conditions.
	www.kituochakatiba.co.ug /albertina.htm (1022 words)

	Albertina Sisulu (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Albertina Sisulu born in the Tsomo district of the Transkei in 1918 to a very large family.
		Albertina joined the ANC Women’s League in 1948, while her husband was moving in and out of jail, until he was finally sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island in 1964.
		Albertina’s activism was more in politics involving women, and she became a founder member of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) when it was established in 1954.
	www.sahistory.org.za /pages/people/sisulu-a.htm (361 words)

	ALBERTINA SISULU FREEDOM FIGHTER
		Albertina continues to be an inspiration to the younger generation of today in South Africa, 40 years after her first involvement in the freedom struggle.
		The Sisulus have been able to live together for hardly nine years, as he was constantly in prison or on trial or underground or away on political work He was sentenced with Nelson Mandela to life imprisonment in June 1964, and was first on Robben Island and then was moved to Pollsmoor maximum security prison.
		Albertina was invited to speak at meetings all over the country, though, as a person once banned, she could not be quoted in newspapers.
	www.anc.org.za /people/albertina.html (1322 words)

	BookRags: Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu Biography
		Albertina Sisulu was born in 1918 among the Xhosa people in the Tsomo district of the Transkei, South Africa.
		Albertina Sisulu was arrested again in 1983 and sentenced to four years' imprisonment for leading ANC songs, distributing literature, and displaying its fl, green, and gold flag at the funeral of FSAW stalwart Rose Mbele.
		This was the hallmark of Albertina Sisulu's principled, selfless, and courageous life: unwavering commitment to the non-racial philosophy of human equality and dignity for all in a common society.
	www.bookrags.com /biography/nontsikelelo-albertina-sisulu (1683 words)

	Kituo cha katiba >> Walter Sisulu - Profile
		Sisulu and his elder sister Rosabella were brought up in Ngcobo, Transkei, by his mother, his uncle Dyantyi Hlakula and his grandparents.
		Sisulu learned a great deal about Xhosa culture and the laws of society from his influential uncle, who was the headman of the village and a lay preacher.
		Sisulu was a member of the Internal Leadership Core and was elected ANC Deputy President at the national conference of July, 1991.
	www.kituochakatiba.co.ug /sisulu.htm (2091 words)

	Walter Sisulu hero file
		Sisulu is rearrested on 11 July when police raid an ANC safe house in Rivonia, a fashionable suburb on the northern outskirts Johannesburg, discovering arms and equipment.
		As a result Sisulu, Mandela and other leaders of the ANC and Umkhonto stand trial for sabotage and for plotting to overthrow the government by violence and bring about a communist state, with Sisulu being called as the main witness for the defence.
		Sisulu's course on the history of the antiapartheid struggle is particularly popular, and he also continues his own education, completing a BA in art history and anthropology.
	www.moreorless.au.com /heroes/sisulu.html (3524 words)

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		Walter Sisulu, with four other colleagues, was released in October 1989, when the transition process was well on its way, though the apartheid regime still hoped to set the agenda and manipulate the transition process with a view to ensuring its survival.
		Walter Sisulu was elected deputy president of the ANC in Durban in July 1991, at its first national conference within the country in 30 years.
		Sisulu, despite his close personal and family links to Mandela, was also among those who initially opposed that initiative and made no compromise on his position until he was convinced of the correctness of the initiative.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=20030606003209900.htm&date=fl2011/&prd=fline& (1570 words)

	Who was Walter Sisulu?
		Walter Max Utyate Sisulu was born in the village at Quthubeni at Engcobo in the Transkei region of the Eastern Cape.
		Sisulu was one of the founders of Umkhonto Wesizwe, ANC armed wing after major liberation organizations such as the PAC and the ANC were banned in 1960.
		Sisulu commanded respect from friends and foes because of the dignified manner with which he handled himself as well as the values he embraced.
	www.wsu.ac.za /aboutus/sisulu.htm (364 words)

	Walter Sisulu's Garden - SouthAfrica.info
		Kathrada, asked by the Sisulu family to speak on their behalf, said that on Robben Island, Sisulu "was the father of everyone - loved, admired and respected by every prisoner.
		Sisulu, Govan Mbeki and others were detained, and Sisulu was held in solitary confinement for 88 days.
		Sisulu was released from prison in 1989, after spending 26 years behind bars.
	www.southafrica.info /10years/sisulu-gardens.htm (576 words)

	History 48Q-South Africa: Contested Transitions \| Main / KristinHughes
		Albertina ackowledges sexism but seems on the whole optimistic about the future of women when this was written and gives great credit to the power women have in the struggle precisely because they suffered in some ways more than men.
		Sisulu and several other members of the executive of the UDF, the umbrella anti-apartheid organization operating in South Africa, were at the United Nations as part of a United States trip that included discussions with President Bush in Washington on June 30.
		Sisulu, a 72-year-old grandmother and wife of Walter Sisulu, the former general secretary of the African National Congress, (ANC) who was imprisoned for life with Nelson Mandela in 1963, was making her first visit to the United States.
	cgi.stanford.edu /~class-history48q/pmwiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.KristinHughes (4911 words)

	Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu - Encyclopedia FunTrivia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Albertina Sisulu was widely known as an ANC activist while Walter was on Robben Island.
		Sisulu was awarded the Isitwalandwe Medal by the ANC on 8 January 1992.
		Zwelakhe Sisulu was a target of the apartheid regime, and he was detained periodically in the eighties.
	www.funtrivia.com /en/subtopics/Walter-Max-Ulyate-Sisulu-217811.html (343 words)

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		Sisulu's wife, Albertina, sat composed as a bugler sounded the last post while the coffin was lowered into the ground at 1.50pm.
		The flag which had draped the coffin was presented to Albertina Sisulu by a senior army officer, as was the ANC flag which had draped the coffin at the Sisulu home during a private prayer service.
		Sisulu was a true humble leader who always groomed young leaders, always seeking to unify people and to "heal and bring them together", Mandela said.
	www.dispatch.co.za /2003/05/19/southafrica/ASIS.HTM (630 words)

	iafrica.com \| news \| sa news Albertina Sisulu tells of her great love
		Dressed in sombre fl, Albertina Sisulu sat still and quiet on Saturday, watching as her children, President Thabo Mbeki and a host of other dignitaries sprinkled soil into the grave of her husband of almost 60 years, African National Congress veteran Walter Sisulu.
		Albertina Sisulu was the first person to sprinkle soil into the grave.
		Sisulu was one of the senior ANC leaders who stood out among his peers while fighting for an unracial, democratic South Africa.
	iafrica.com /news/sa/237589.htm (803 words)

	Tributes to Walter Sisulu
		In his family, Albertina Sisulu is a fine leader in her own right, but her capacity to lead and her political strength is also the product of a good marriage, a good political marriage that is based on genuine equality and on shared commitment.
		Sisulu joined the ANC in 1940 and was among the group of radicals who formed the Youth League in 1943 to 1944.
		Sisulu's house in the Orlando section in Soweto was the social and political crossroads of the budding liberation struggle.
	home.intekom.com /southafricanhistoryonline/pages/specialprojects/sisulu/tributes.htm (3006 words)

	SABCnews.com - sabcnews/specials
		Aug 1983 - Albertina Sisulu was arrested and charged with furthering the aims of the ANC at the funeral of her friend and fellow activist Rose Mbele.
		Albertina Sisulu became one of the first people to be restricted to her house without any visitors.
		Albertina Sisulu was elected to represent the ANC in Parliament.
	www.sabcnews.com /features/walter_sisulu/timeline.html (4558 words)

	Sisulu, Nontsikelelo Albertina - Profiles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Growing up in rural Transkei, the second child of a large family, Albertina Sisulu was unaware of the political situation in her country and it was only in 1942 when she moved to Johannesburg to train as a nurse that the indignities and unfairness of life under apartheid began to become apparent.
		Walter Sisulu was released in 1988 and died in 2003.
		Sisulu claims that sexism in the ANC and society in general was not responsible for holding women back - but rather it was what made women stand up and play their role in the struggle against apartheid.
	people.africadatabase.org /en/profile/12287.html (559 words)

	IOL : Walter Sisulu
		In spite of the silence imposed on her, Albertina had come to be recognised as a national leader and it was while she was sitting in a jail cell, in August 1983, that she was elected as a co-president of the United Democratic Front (UDF).
		For Albertina, the breakthrough came in 1989 when she was granted a passport as part of a UDF delegation after an invitation to visit George Bush Senior, the United States president.
		Albertina awoke, put on a dressing gown and reached the living room in time to see her husband walk through the front door.
	www.int.iol.co.za /index.php?click_id=2872&art_id=iol1053076447600S241&set_id=6&sf=2872 (2496 words)

	Assata Speaks - Hands Off Assata - Let's Get Free - Revolutionary - Pan-Africanism - Black On Purpose - Liberation - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		One of Sisulu's earliest childhood memories was the trip to Cofimvaba, a village town, to be vaccinated during the influenza epidemic.
		Sisulu served on the Joint Planning Council for the Defiance Campaign, and led one of the first batches of passive resisters when the campaign began in 1952.
		Walter Sisulu was the Treasurer of the Youth League and it was in his office that the members met to discuss strategy and tactics of the struggle.
	www.assatashakur.org /forum/printthread.php?t=1398 (3750 words)

	2003 Albertina Sisulu
		Born in Cofimvaba in the Transkei, on October 21, 1918, she was the second eldest of an orphaned family of five children.
		Walter Sisulu was already involved with the ANC Youth League and colleague of Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo.
		Now in her ‘80s, Albertina Sisulu continues to work as a member of Parliament, as the president of the World Peace Council and as an ANC leader in her home constituency of Orlando West, Soweto.
	www.interlog.com /~saww/2003Albertina.html (358 words)

	CNN.com - Thousands bid farewell to Sisulu - May. 17, 2003
		Thousands gathered to honor Sisulu in a soccer stadium in the fl township of Soweto, which was the center of the anti-apartheid movement.
		Sisulu's coffin was carried onto the field of Soweto's Orlando Stadium during the ceremony, which was carried live on South African television.
		Sisulu, who fought against apartheid more than 60 years, was responsible for bringing Nelson Mandela into the African National Congress.
	cnn.com /2003/WORLD/africa/05/17/isulu.funeral (521 words)

	South Africa; Albertina Sisulu speaks
		These are the words of Albertina Sisulu, a long-time leader of the struggle against apartheid, describing the role of the women of South Africa who, in their millions and from all races, have played a central role in undermining the apartheid regime.
		Albertina Sisulu personifies the determination and strength of the women of South Africa.
		Albertina told Green Left that her message to the women's movement in the west was to continue to build a strong women's movement and politically educate women.
	www.greenleft.org.au /back/1991/24/24p24.htm (1310 words)

	Father who cried freedom - World - www.theage.com.au
		Elinor Sisulu was studying in Amsterdam when she met Max, the exiled second son of jailed anti-apartheid activist Walter Sisulu.
		In her biography, Walter and Albertina Sisulu in our Lifetime, she writes: "When I had entered Pollsmoor (prison) on that morning in March 1986, Walter Sisulu was to me a legendary leader, one of the great fathers of African nationalism who had been in prison since 1964, when I was just six years old.
		It was Walter Sisulu who recruited Nelson Mandela to the cause, and in 1963 it was Sisulu - a self-educated man who had not finished high school - who was chosen to be the chief defence witness in their treason trial.
	www.theage.com.au /articles/2004/11/05/1099547374244.html (1128 words)

	AEGiS-ST: Ma Sisulu steps out: ANC legend is eager to get back to helping the community
		After mourning for a year, Albertina Sisulu, the wife of the late ANC stalwart Walter Sisulu, this week visited orphans and destitute children at Orange Farm in the Vaal Triangle.
		Ma Sisulu, as the 85-year-old is affectionately known, brought smiles to those she touched.
		Sisulu's visit to the children on Monday was to honour the memory of her husband.
	www.aegis.com /news/suntimes/2004/ST040604.html (626 words)

	Walter & Albertina Sisulu - SouthAfrica.info
		The story of the Sisulus combines the personal and the political; it reflects the 20th-century history of South Africa, but at the same time it is, as their biographer puts it, "a story of persecution, bitter struggle and painful separation and also one of patience, hope, enduring love and ultimate triumph".
		Albertina and their eldest son were detained by police frustrated in their attempts to find Walter.
		He was arrested with other ANC leaders during a raid at Liliesleaf Farm later that year, and given a life sentence for treason, and Albertina was left with five children, plus her late sister's two children, to rear on her own.
	www.southafrica.info /ess_info/sa_glance/history/inourlifetime.htm (861 words)

	:: ALBERTINA SISULU CENTRE TO OPEN IN SOWETO :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Albertina Sisulu was in and out of jail, while being a mother to nine children.
		The centre is to be called the Albertina Sisulu Centre, in Orlando West, which will cater for destitute and disabled children, to be opened on 21 October.
		Sisulu, known for her caring devotion as a nurse and mother, brought up nine children: her five children, and four adoptive children (two were her sister's).
	www.joburg.org.za /2003/aug/aug27_sisulu.stm (346 words)

	:: JOBURG HONOURS ALBERTINA SISULU :: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Albertina Sisulu is to have a children's centre in Soweto named after her, to be opened on her 85th birthday in October.
		STALWART human rights campaigner Albertina Sisulu's 85th birthday was celebrated in style yesterday with the opening in Soweto of a centre for children with special needs.
		Sisulu's husband of more than 50 years, ANC stalwart Walter Sisulu (Xhamela) died at the age of 90 earlier this year.
	www.joburg.org.za /2003/oct/oct22_sisulu.stm (779 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Programmes \| Hardtalk \| Struggle for Freedom
		Her book 'Walter and Albertina Sisulu: In our lifetime' tells the story of their relationship as much as it tells the story of South Africa's freedom struggle.
		Sisulu and Mandela were prepared to die when he stood trial for treason, in the famous Rivonia trial of.
		Elinor Sisulu says Albertina Sisulu was also prepared for the possibility her husband would be executed.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/programmes/hardtalk/3248603.stm (423 words)

	AM - South Africa mourns death of Walter Sisulu
		SALLY SARA: Walter Sisulu was a former Secretary-General of the ANC and spent almost a third of his life in gaol for daring to fight against apartheid.
		Mr Sisulu's widow, Albertina, says her husband was a patient and gentle man who didn't carry any bitterness.
		ALBERTINA SISULU: He really was a wonderful man. He didn't have those qualities of men who'd feel big at times, no. So that's the life we led.
	www.abc.net.au /am/content/2003/s848878.htm (610 words)

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