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Banned from public life

 

STITCHING IT TOGETHER 

Key threads from the Lilian Ngoyi archive 
Our archive offers rare access to Lilian Ngoyi’s personal letters, which provide a poignant record of her many years under house arrest. You’ll also find links to letters pleading her cause written by Mangosuthu Buthelezi and Beyers Naudé, as well as her banning order, copies of police surveillance reports and other key transcripts 

stephen maqashela
in a brushstroke
» Who is Stephen Maqashela?
He hails from Alexandra, Johannesburg, and calls himself a "general" artist

» The lightbulb moment: the artist’s concept
Maqashela created the sculpture of Lilian Ngoyi’s sewing machine, with an ANC blouse lying next to it, in the yard of his Alexandra home, where it became a local talking point

Lilian Ngoyi at home PICTURE: © BAHA
» Isolated for two decades
Lilian Ngoyi spent almost two decades banned and confined to her house in Mzimhlope, Soweto, sewing to make a living

» Ngoyi’s prison is now a monument
Thabo Mkhize reports on the Sunday Times Heritage Project’s memorial to Lilian Ngoyi

» Lilian Ngoyi memorial unveiled
A 92-year-old cousin of Lilian Ngoyi is so inspired by the memorial erected in Ngoyi’s honour that she is determined to start sewing again

» ARCHIVE PHOTO GALLERY  
Images from the public and private lives of Lilian Ngoyi 
» ARTWORK PHOTO GALLERY 
Friends and relatives of Lilian Ngoyi gather for the unveiling of Stephen Maqashela’s artwork 
» Audio Archive 
A gripping documentary on Lilian Ngoyi’s life and times
» Audio Slide Show 
Artist Stephen Maqashela explains why he made the memorial out of car parts 
» Map 
How to get to the memorial
» Panorama 
Blue skies over Nkungu Street… Take a 360° tour of the memorial site