This is a tribute to a life well-lived, dedicated to our anti-apartheid icon, Mma Gertrude Shope, who turned 95 on 15 August. The month of August is celebrated as Women’s Month in South Africa.

JOHANNESBURG - President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the late African National Congress (ANC) stalwart, Gertrude Shope, as an outstanding matriarch of the struggle for liberation.

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his condolences to the family of former struggle hero Gertrude Shope who has died at the age of 99. Ma Shope, who was a former Member of Parliament ...

President Cyril Ramaphosa has described the late Ma Gertrude Shope as a pillar of the nation, a matriarch of the revolution, and a torchbearer of women's emancipation.

Ma Gertrude Shope was foremost among them. At the age of 29, a time when many young people are still trying to find their feet in the world, she was already a revolutionary.

JOHANNESBURG - Former President Thabo Mbeki said African National Congress (ANC) stalwart Gertrude Shope died unhappy about the state of affairs in the country. The 99-year-old died last week.

JOHANNESBURG - Dr Snuki Zikalala says the ANC Veteran's League remembers Gertrude Shope as someone who wanted nothing to do with corruption. He says she was very strict and stuck to her morals. He ...

Gertrude Shope. Lyndall Shope-Mafole grew up in various places in exile, longing for a country to belong to and call home – but there wasn’t one. South Africa, her home country, ...