Annie Silinga | |
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Born | 1910 Nqqamakwe, Butterworth district, Transkei |
Died | 1984 (aged 73–74) |
Occupation(s) | anti-pass laws and anti-apartheid political activist |
Annie Silinga (1910-1984) was a South African anti-pass laws and anti-apartheid political activist. She is known for her role as the Cape Town African National Congress Women's League President, a leader in the 1956 anti-pass Women's March to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa and the only African woman in the 1956 treason trial in South Africa.[1]