Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe

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Members of the Sobukwe family and VUT academic staff discuss how VUTs public affiliation with Mama Sobukwe will do much to help address the erasure of PAC heroes and heroines in the national discourse about the struggle. (Photos: Musa Rapuleng)

ADOKO SOBUKWE WHYTE

Mother of Azania carried love in her heart

Were she alive, she would have shared the award with everybody

Youlendree Appasamy

Friends of Mama Sobukwe celebrate with her upon her release from detention

Veronica Sobukwe’s guiding ethos

Robert Sobukwe’s wife was an activist, and she looked after the children while he was incarcerated

Youlendree Appasamy

An honourary degree is conferred to Mama Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe for her role in the struggle, which is accepted by members of the Sobukwe family. (Photos: Musa Rapuleng)

ANTI APARTHEID STRUGGLE

Mama Sobukwe’s legacy lives on

‘She is the embodiment of humanity; evidently, as a nurse, but above all, as a mother of Azania’

Youlendree Appasamy