Quote of the day
You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can't, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don't give up.
Mamphela Ramphele
Born: December 28, 1947 (age 77)
Bio: Mamphela Aletta Ramphele is a South African politician, a former activist against apartheid, a medical doctor, an academic and businesswoman. She was a partner of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, with whom she had two children.
Known for:
- Conversations with My Sons and Daughters (2012)
- A Passion for Freedom (2013)
- Across boundaries (1996)
- A bed called home (1993)
- Laying ghosts to rest (2008)







