UNosipho Dastile (1938–2009) wayengumphakathi futhi eyisishoshovu esasilwa nobandlululo edolobheni elincane lase- Uitenhage, ngaphandle kwasePort Elizabeth . Wakhethwa ukuba yikhansela ngaphansi kwesibambiso salokho okwakunguMkhandlu Wendawo Oguqukayo Wase-Uitenhage kusukela ngo-1994 kuya ku-1999. UNosipho Dastile wazalwa ngo-1938 e-Uitenhage, lapho afunda khona emabangeni aphansi nasesekondari. Ngemuva kokuphothula izifundo zakhe, waqala ukusebenza njengesishoshovu somphakathi endaweni yase-Uitenhage, ikakhulukazi egxile kwezemfundo. Ingxenye yomsebenzi wakhe womphakathi ukuthi wazinikela njengothisha eRoman Catholic Mission School futhi kamuva wadlulela eLittle Flower Primary School, lapho asebenza khona njengothisha ngokugcwele. Ngenkathi kunomoya ophakeme wobushoshovu bezepolitiki eNingizimu Afrika, ngemuva kokufakwa kobandlululo njengenhlangano esemthethweni ephethe ezombusazwe, waba matasa kwezombusazwe futhi waba ngomunye wamalungu asungula i- United Democratic Front (UDF) e-Uitenhage. Ubushoshovu bakhe bezepolitiki bakhula ngamandla futhi okhethweni olwaluse-Uitenhage Town Hall, wakhethwa waba ngumongameli wokuqala we-Uitenhage Women Organisation. Kungekudala ngemuva kokuvalwa kwamaqembu ezepolitiki kanye nabalweli benkululeko ababengumbutho wenkululeko ngo-1990,uNosipho wakhethwa njengosihlalo we- African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) esifundeni sase-Uitenhage. Uqhubeke nomsebenzi wakhe wokuba yisishoshovu futhi wasebenzela abantu nomphakathi wase-Uitenhage futhi ngo-1994 wakhethwa njengekhansela lokuqala ngaphansi kwesigatshana somkhandlu wasendaweni omusha owakhiwa ngokwentando yeningi isikhathi esiyiminyaka emihlanu kuya ku-1999.