Motlalepula Chabaku

Mama Motlalepula Chabaku was a senior member of the community and a well-known activist, mother of the nation and humanitarian. She was one of the members who served under Lillian Ngoyi Executive that led 20,000 strong 1956 Women's March, against apartheid era pass laws. Mama Chabaku served in two South African regional parliaments in Gauteng and Free State South Africa; she had a reputation that preceded her in the community and around the world. She was known by many for her strength, her strong sense of community and her compassion. She contributed the piece "Going up the mountain" to the 1984 anthology Sisterhood Is Global: The International Women's Movement Anthology, edited by Robin Morgan.[1] Her greatest passion in her golden years was the values of nature and the healing powers of natural remedies. She was also an urban horticulturalist and she spent most of her time servicing the community of Soweto, South Africa about Greening and natural remedies. She died on 11 May 2012 at her home in Rockville in Soweto.

Educational background

Mama Motlalepula Chabaku has attended the following educational institutions:

Work experience

Positions in South Africa

Memberships

Travel

United Nations International Conferences attendance

Awards and citations

External links

  1. AgriTV Reverend Motlalepula Chabaku
  2. Wednesday, 5 July 2006, Uganda Parliament
  3. South Africa Tackles Social Inequities
  4. Christina Nku and St John's 100 Years Later
  5. IMASA Newsletter September 2007
  6. Sojournos Magazine July 1980

References

  1. "Table of Contents: Sisterhood is global :". Catalog.vsc.edu. Retrieved 2015-10-15.
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