# Mamza Benjamin

> Sylvia Motlagomang "Mamza" Benjamin was a South African trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist. She was the treasurer of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1985 to 1987 and was the first woman to serve on the union's executive. After the end of apartheid, she represented the African National Congress (ANC) as a local councillor in Matlosana, North West from 1994 to 2005, and she was a member of the national executive of the ANC Veterans' League at the time of her death in 2012.

*South African politician and trade unionist*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Activist
- **Category:** Activists
- **Country:** South Africa
- **Born:** 1939-11-15
- **Died:** 2012-12-27
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** female

## Bio

Sylvia Motlagomang "Mamza" Benjamin was a South African trade unionist and anti-apartheid activist. She was the treasurer of the National Union of Mineworkers from 1985 to 1987 and was the first woman to serve on the union's executive. After the end of apartheid, she represented the African National Congress (ANC) as a local councillor in Matlosana, North West from 1994 to 2005, and she was a member of the national executive of the ANC Veterans' League at the time of her death in 2012.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 34.0
- **Momentum:** 16.6

## Sources
- [Sylvia Benjamin](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Benjamin)
- [Sylvia Benjamin](https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Benjamin)
- [Sylvia Benjamin](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Benjamin)
- [Sylvia Benjamin](https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Benjamin)
- [Sylvia Benjamin](https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvia_Benjamin)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q118946132)

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