• 101 REMARKABLE SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN, from prehistory to the present

101 REMARKABLE SOUTH AFRICAN WOMEN, from prehistory to the present

: Rabe (L.)

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359pp., paperback, Tafelberg, Cape Town, 2026

ISBN: 9780624096054

 

Concise biographies of extraordinary women whose courage, intellect, creativity, and leadership in the fields of politics, literature, art, sport, and activism have shaped, and continue to shape, the South African nation.

The book includes familiar names like Krotoa, Sarah Baartman, Miriam Makeba, Olive Schreiner, Ruth First, Thuli Madonsela, Caster Semenya, and Tyla, while introducing many more whose stories have been sidelined or forgotten.

Lizette Rabe is Emeritus Professor of Journalism at Stellenbosch University. Her publications include "Quote/ Unquote", quotations on freedom of speech, journalism, the news media and a world of words (2016).