Joyce Nomafa Sikakane, mechara Sikakane-Rankin (amụrụ ya na1943), bụ onye nta akụkọ na onye ndọrọndọrọ South Africa. Ndị ọchịchị Apartheid South Africa nwụchiri ya ọnwa iri na asaa maka ọgụ megide ịkpa ókè agbụrụ ya. A mụrụ Sikakane na 1943 nye Jonathan Sikakane na Amelia Nxumalo na Bridgeman Memorial Maternity Hospital na Johannesburg, South Africa. O tolitere na Soweto, ada nKeke onye nkuzi na Mahadum Witwatersrand . Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ praịmarị Holy Cross ruo mgbe African National Congress (ANC) kpọrọ oku ka ewepụ ya n'ihi iwu Bantu Education Act wee mechie ụlọ akwụkwọ ahụ. Nne na nna ya mechara kewapụ wee malite ịga ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Inanda Seminary . Ọ gara ụlọ akwụkwọ sekọndrị Orlando ruo nwa oge ka nne ya nwetasịrị ikike mana ọ laghachiri na Seminary Inanda, nke ọ gụsịrị akwụkwọ n'afọ 1963. Ọ chọghị ịdebanye aha na kọleji ọ bụla na South Africa ọzọ n'ihi iwu Bantu Education Act, kama o kpebiri ịghọ onye nta akụkọ. O mechara nweta nzere bachelọ nke Science Honors na United Kingdom na Mahadum Open .