Annie Silinga, Liberation Struggle Icon Who Inspired Generations

CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Annie Silinga remains a hidden stalwart of the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa. A prominent anti-pass laws and anti-apartheid political activist, Mama Silinga famously declared: “I will never carry a pass.” The pass laws were a system of internal passport controls in South Africa and colonial Namibia (then South West Africa) designed to racially segregate the population, restrict the movement of Black, Indian, and Coloured people, ... Read more »