Albertina sisulu biography history of collingsworth
Albertina sisulu biography history of collingsworth
Albertina sisulu biography history of collingsworth children.
Albertina Sisulu Timeline 1918 - 2011
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- 1918
- 21 October Nontsikelelo Thethiwe was born in the village Camama in the Tsomo district of the Transkei to a very large family.
- Circa 1926
- Albertina started school in a local primary school in Xolobe that was run by Presbyterian missionaries.
It is here that she had to choose a Christian name from a list presented to her by the missionaries. Nontsikelelo chose the name Albertina.
- 1936
- Albertina left for Mariazell College in Matatiele in the Eastern Cape.
Father Huss arranged for a four year high school scholarship for Albertina at the College.
- 1939
- Albertina finished high school.
- 1940
- January, Albertina was accepted as a trainee nurse at the Johannesburg General Non-European hospital and after spending Christmas with her family in Xolobe she left for Johannesburg in January.
- 1941
- Albertina's mother died.
The Johannesburg General hospital would not permit her leave to attend the funeral in X