UGertrude Shope

UGertrude Ntiti Shope OMSS (15 August 1925 - 22 May 2025) wayengumgqugquzeli wezinyunyane zabasebenzi waseNingizimu Afrika futhi engumholi wezombusazwe.

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Wazalelwa eJohannesburg ngomhla ka 15 August 1925, uShope wakhulela futhi wafunda eBulawayo, eNingizimu Rhodesia (manje esiyiZimbabwe). Wasebenza njengothisha ngaphambi kokuba abe yilungu le-African National Congress ngo-1954.https://books.google.co.za/books?id=36BViNOAu3sC&redir_esc=y Wajoyina umkhankaso wokulwa  nemfundo eyayibizwa iBantu education, esikhundleni salokho waphendukela ekufundiseni ubucikohttps://sahistory.org.za/people/gertrude-shope. Wabe eseba matasa e-Federation of South African Women, futhi okwesikhashana wahola igatsha le-Central Western Jabavu Branch yeqembu labesifazane le-ANC. Wahlala ekudingisweni kusukela ngo-1966 kuya ku-1990, ehola ithimba lezithunywa eMhlanganweni Wezesifazane waseNairobi futhi wasebenzela ku-World Federation of Trade Unions. Kusukela ngo-1970 kuya ku-1971 wayengunobhala kaFlorence Moposho, esiza ekusunguleni ukunyatheliswa kwephephandaba le-Voice of Women. Yena nomyeni wakhe, uMark, bahlala ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene ngesikhathi sokudingiswa kwakhe, kufaka phakathi kwazo i-Prague, iBotswana, iTanzania, iCzechoslovakia, iZambia, ne-Nigeria. ELusaka wasebenza njengommeleli omkhulu we-African National Congress.https://omalley.nelsonmandela.org/index.php/site/q/03lv03445/04lv03519/05lv03661.htm Kusukela ngo-1991 kuya ku-1993 uShope wahola i-African National Congress Women's League. Okhethweni likazwelonke luka-1994 wakhethwa ukuya  ephalamende.

Washada nomyeni wakhe UMark Shope ngo-1957 kwaze kwaba sekufeni komyeni wakhe ngo-1998, owaba nezingane ezintathu naye: isazi sezombangazwe uLyndall kanye namanxusa ezombusazwe uLenin noThaninga.

UShope washona ngomhla ka 22 Meyi 2025, eneminyaka engu-99 ubudala. Umongameli waseNingizimu Afrika, uCyril Ramaphosa wayala ukuthi amafulegi kazwelonke ehliswe ngesigamu sesigxobo ukumhlonipha.

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