2,030 Abibisika (Black Gold) Points

Rank: Unranked Obibini

“I must say, he was very politically involved then as President of SASO. I remember we used to make appointments and if he does come he says, “Take me to the station – I’ve got a meeting in Johannesburg tomorrow”. So I happened to know him that way, and somehow I fell for him.”

In Durban in early 1970, Biko met Nontsikelelo (Ntsiki) Mashalaba who came from Umthatha in the Transkei. She was pursuing her nursing training at King Edward Hospital while Biko was a medical student at the University of Natal. Source: The Apartheid Museum.