Frene Ginwala

President Cyril Ramaphosa has sent his condolences to the family of the founding speaker of Parliament post-democracy, Frene Ginwala, who died on Thursday.

A National Assembly tribute added: "With her deep political experience, global perspective, razor-sharp mind, and intellectual rigour, she was instrumental in the democratic transformation of Parliament, consistent with the new constitutional order. With her firm, erudite and no-nonsense leadership of the first democratic National Assembly, Dr Ginwala established solid and enduring oversight, law-making and participatory systems, which Parliament is still pursuing today". It also said Ginwala had fostered the principles of non-sexism, non-racialism and equality. Together with the first generation of presiding officers of Parliament and members, and under her astute leadership, she transformed Parliament from a bastion of colonial and apartheid oppression to a truly democratic and people-centred Parliament." In 2005, Ginwala was awarded the Order of Luthuli in silver for her contribution to the struggle against gender oppression and for championing the course of non-sexism and non-racialism. "Among the many roles she adopted in the course of her life, [which] she led to the full, we are duty bound to recall her establishment of our democratic Parliament, which exercised the task of undoing decades-old apartheid legislation and fashioning the legislative foundations of the free and democratic South Africa," Ramaphosa said.

President Cyril Ramaphosa's office announced on Friday that Ginwala, who was a recipient of the Order of Luthuli, died at home on Thursday after a stroke two ...

Born Frene Noshir Ginwala on April 25 1932, she served the anti-apartheid struggle and South Africa's democratic dispensation in various roles as a lawyer, academic, politician, activist and journalist. President Cyril Ramaphosa’s office announced on Friday that Ginwala, who was a recipient of the Order of Luthuli, died at home on Thursday after a stroke two weeks ago. South Africa’s first speaker of a democratic parliament Frene Ginwala has died at the age of 90.

Dr Ginwala passed away at her at home on Thursday night following a stroke two weeks ago. She was the Speaker of Parliament for a decade, from 1994 until 2004.

In 2005, she was honoured with the Order of Luthuli in Silver for her excellent contribution to the struggle against gender oppression and her tireless contribution to the struggle for a non-sexist, non-racial, just and democratic South Africa. “Among the many roles she adopted in the course of a life she led to the full, we are duty-bound to recall her establishment of our democratic Parliament which exercised the task of undoing decades-old apartheid legislation and fashioning the legislative foundations of the free and democratic South Africa.” President Ramaphosa further adds, “Today we mourn the passing of a formidable patriot and leader of our nation, and an internationalist to whom justice and democracy around the globe remained an impassioned objective to her last days.”

In paying tribute to the struggle icon, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Ginwala was a formidable patriot and a leader of the nation.

"SA has lost another giant, among a special generation of leaders to whom we owe our freedom. In paying tribute to the struggle icon, Ramaphosa said Ginwala was a formidable patriot and a leader of the nation, whose dedication to justice and democracy around the world remained an impassioned objective to her dying day. In paying tribute to the struggle icon, President Cyril Ramaphosa said Ginwala was a formidable patriot and a leader of the nation.

President Cyril Ramaphosa hails a leader who 'epitomised the ethos and expectations of our then fledgling Constitution', as tributes start pouring in for ...

“She presided over a Parliament that repealed many apartheid laws and contributed to the drafting of the Constitution. She also served as ANC spokesperson in the UK on sanctions, the nuclear programme and the arms and oil embargo relating to South Africa. She was elected national convener of the coalition. Ginwala was born in 1932 and studied law at the University of London, where she completed her LLB degree. The majority opposition DA also sent condolenecs. As news of her death quickly spread throughout South Africa, tributes began to pour in.

Ginwala served the ANC and the anti-apartheid struggle in exile for three decades.

[Oliver Tambo](https://mg.co.za/tag/oliver-tambo/) and [Yusuf Dadoo](https://mg.co.za/tag/yusuf-dadoo/) — set up the first ANC office in Tanganyika, now Tanzania. [Nelson Mandela](https://mg.co.za/tag/nelson-mandela/) occupying the seat of the first president to be elected by the democratic parliament,” he said. Ginwala was born in Johannesburg and studied law in the United Kingdom before returning to South Africa, where she became involved in the ANC and the anti-apartheid struggle. [ Cyril Ramaphosa](https://mg.co.za/tag/cyril-ramaphosa/) said Ginwala had served the anti-apartheid struggle, and South Africa, in a number of roles as a lawyer, an academic, a political leader, an activist and as a journalist. He said it was important to recall Ginwala’s role in the establishment of South Africa’s first democratic parliament, in undoing decades-old apartheid legislation and fashioning the legislative foundations of the free and democratic South Africa. [Order of Luthuli in Silver](https://www.thepresidency.gov.za/national-orders/order-luthuli-0) in 2005 for her contributions to the struggle against gender oppression and for the creation of a non-racial, just and democratic South Africa.

President Cyril Ramaphosa wishes to announce, with great sadness, that Dr. Frene Ginwala, founding Speaker of South Africa's democratic Parliament and ...

Ginwala’s leadership, with Nelson Mandela occupying the seat of the first President to be elected by the democratic Parliament. Ginwala’s family, her nephews Cyrus, Sohrab and Zavareh, and their families. “Among the many roles she adopted in the course of a life she led to the full, we are duty-bound to recall her establishment of our democratic Parliament which exercised the task of undoing decades-old apartheid legislation and fashioning the legislative foundations of the free and democratic South Africa.

South Africa has lost one of the foremost iconic leaders of its liberation struggle.

"Her pursuit for social justice and equality began at a very early age. In 2005, Ginwala was awarded the Order of Luthuli in Silver for her "excellent contribution to the struggle against gender oppression and her tireless contribution to the struggle for a non-sexist, non-racial, just and democratic society". "As a torchbearer of our post-apartheid Parliament, Dr Ginwala was exceptional and instrumental in the formation of one of the most acclaimed democracies and one of the best constitutions in the world," he said.

The founding speaker of South Africa's first democratic parliament, Dr. Frene Ginwala, died on Thursday night at the age of 90.

"SA has lost another giant, among a special generation of leaders to whom we owe our freedom. Picture: Anna Zieminski / AFP While at school, she was prevented from attending racially exclusive schools.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the passing of Dr Frene Ginwala, founding Speaker of South Africa's democratic Parliament and Esteemed Member of the Order of Luthuli. Dr Ginwala passed away at her at home on Thursday at the age of 90, ...

“Many of the rights and material benefits South Africans enjoy today have their origins in the legislative programme of the inaugural democratic Parliament under Dr. In 2005, Dr Ginwala was honoured with the Order of Luthuli in Silver for her excellent contribution to the struggle against gender oppression and her tireless contribution to the struggle for a non-sexist, non-racial, just and democratic South Africa. “Among the many roles she adopted in the course of a life she led to the full, we are duty-bound to recall her establishment of our democratic Parliament which exercised the task of undoing decades-old apartheid legislation and fashioning the legislative foundations of the free and democratic South Africa.

A younger generation of feminists will remember her, above all, for her remarkable championing of the struggle against patriarchy.

[hard-hitting challenge](https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/8766832.pdf) to the 50 male economists who crafted the ANC’s key economic policies as it took power. She described it as a [“conspiracy of women”](https://www.jstor.org/stable/pdf/40971570.pdf). She feared that there was a conservative streak in the league that caved in to the patriarchal assumptions of the movement’s leaders. It was a remarkable body that coalesced around two key demands: the inclusion of women in all decision-making about the shape of the post-apartheid state and constitution, and an end to violence against women. President Julius Nyerere lifted her ban in 1967 and asked her to return to Dar es Salaam to establish a new national newspaper, [The Standard](https://www.tambofoundation.org.za/trustees/frene-ginwala-acting-chairperson/). This time she returned to the UK, where she registered for a [ANC](https://www.anc1912.org.za/)), has [died at the age of 90](https://www.gov.za/speeches/president-cyril-ramaphosa-pays-tribute-%C2%A0dr-frene-ginwala-founding-speaker-parliament-13-jan). [Spearhead](https://www.tambofoundation.org.za/trustees/frene-ginwala-acting-chairperson/), wrote articles for a variety of international media outlets, wrote speeches for Tambo and gave speeches herself. [Walter Sisulu](https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/walter-ulyate-sisulu) to go to Mozambique to facilitate the exit of ANC members and supporters into exile. Her writing on the South African situation was prodigious, well-informed and hard to ignore. Ginwala became assistant to Tambo, who went on to lead the exiled ANC [for 30 years](https://theconversation.com/south-africas-anc-is-celebrating-the-year-of-or-tambo-who-was-he-85838). One of those exiles was [Oliver Tambo](https://www.sahistory.org.za/people/oliver-tambo) president of the ANC.

Note to editors: Please find attached a soundbite by Siviwe Gwarube MP. The DA mourns the death of Dr Frene Ginwala, the first Speaker of the National ...

Her legacy demonstrates what a strong and independent Parliament can do in bettering the lives of South Africans. Dr Ginwala presided over a Parliament that repealed many Apartheid pieces of legislation and was one of the contributors to and drafters of our Constitution. The DA mourns the death of Dr Frene Ginwala, the first Speaker of the National Assembly in democratic South Africa; from 1994 to 2004.

Frene Noshir Ginwala, called the 'torchbearer' of the post-apartheid parliament, dies aged 90 after suffering a stroke.

She was the first woman to hold the post and did so until 2004. Mothapo said she was a “torchbearer” of the post-apartheid parliament, instrumental in the formation of South Africa’s democracy. Frene Noshir Ginwala was associated with the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and campaigned against apartheid policies under white minority rule.

The 90-year-old, who was South Africa's first democratic Parliamentary Speaker, died on Thursday night, the Presidency confirmed earlier.

In 2005, she was honoured with the Order of Luthuli in Silver for her excellent contribution to the struggle against gender oppression and her tireless contribution to the struggle for a non-sexist, non-racial, just and democratic South Africa. The Tambo Foundation said it was devastated to learn of the death of the liberation icon, South Africa’s first female and longest-serving Speaker of the National Assembly. Naidoo worked with Ginwala in exile before 1994 and after their return to South Africa, was her political adviser during the first parliament of the democratic era.

Tributes continue to pour in for the first Speaker of South Africa's post-apartheid democratic Parliament, Frene Ginwala. She died on Thursday at the age of ...

The Nelson Mandela Foundation described her as a "stalwart of struggle" and offered condolences to family and friends. Parliament spokesman Moloto Mothapo said Ginwala was a "torchbearer" of the post-apartheid Parliament who was instrumental in the formation of South Africa's democracy. "Dr Ginwala exposed to the international community the crimes of the discredited, oppressive regime in South Africa through her sharp journalistic pen," Mothapo said.

Former National Assembly speaker Frene Ginwala has been remembered as an "exemplary leader" who contributed immensely to the struggle for democracy in South ...

Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. These were the words of the Thabo Mbeki Foundation in a tribute to Ginwala, who died at the age of 90 on Thursday after suffering a stroke two weeks ago.