If people did not vote for us on that basis, why did these parties not win the elections? - Hlengiwe Mkhaliphi

We wanted to find out whether we should form an NGO or civil organisation to participate in the country’s politics, and then we agreed that we should form a political party called Economic Freedom in Our Lifetime, which ultimately became Economic Freedom Fighters

Under apartheid, this exploitation was magnified to a grotesque degree. Apartheid policies entrenched their subjugation, ensuring their labour was extracted under conditions of extreme racial and economic disparity

Growing up, the sight of my mother in her maid uniform is a memory that has always stayed with me, a poignant reminder of the intersection of race, gender and class exploitation that defines the lives of so many black women in SA