Zora Mehlomakulu: The overlooked woman who rebuilt Cape Town’s unions

Zora Mehlomakulu: The overlooked woman who rebuilt Cape Town’s unions

There were many South African heroes who fought and finally defeated apartheid. But for me Zora Mehlomakulu is the most memorable, yet she is little known. A fine obituary was written about her, which is at the end of this article, but here is my view. Martin By the 1970’s the black unions had been all but extinguished by attacks over the previous decade by the authorities. The African National Congress and its union arm – the South African Cong…