Albertina Sisulu
Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu OMSG (née Thethiwe; 21 October 1918 – 2 June 2011) was a South African anti-apartheid activist, and the wife of fellow activist Walter Sisulu (1912–2003). She was affectionately known as "Ma Sisulu" throughout her lifetime by the South African public. In 2004 she was voted 57th in the SABC3's Great South Africans. She died on 2 June 2011 in her home in Linden, Johannesburg, South Africa, aged 92.
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The University of Johannesburg confers an honorary doctoral degree (Doctor Litterarum et Philosophiae (honoris causa)) on Albertina Sisulu in acknowledgement of her revolutionary role in pre-1994 South Africa. | |
| Born | Nontsikelelo Thethiwe 21 October 1918 |
| Died | 2 June 2011 (aged 92) |
| Known for | Anti-apartheid activist |
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Walter Sisulu
(m. 1944; died 2003) |
| Parent(s) | Bonilizwe and Monikazi Thethiwe |
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