Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo (1914 – 2006)

Nnoseng Ellen Kate Kuzwayo was a born in Lesotho and lived in South Africa. She was a teacher, social worker and politician.

At the age of 39, she enrolled to do a social work degree at the Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Work on top of a higher diploma in social work from the University of Witwatersrand. She worked for the Johannesburg City Council, later the South African Association of Youth Clubs and for the YWCA-Dube Center.

Became President of the Black Consumers’ Union, member of the executive committee of the Urban Foundation. She publsuhed two books: Call me Woman (1985) and Sit and Listen: Stories from South Africa (1996).

Named Star named Ellen Woman of the Year in 1979 and got honorary doctorates from the then University of Natal, University of Port Elizabeth and University of Witwatersrand. Appointed ANC Member of Parliament in 1994.

Kuzwayo, E.(1985). Call me woman, Cape Town: Ravan

Sources: SA History Online