Social Activist Famous Names Starting with Letter I

Was a South African housing rights activist who was best known for her victory before the Constituti

Was a South African housing rights activist who was best known for her victory before the Constitutional Court of South Africa in 2000. The Court found that the Government of South Africa had not met its obligation to provide adequate housing for residents of Cape Town's Wallacedene informal settlement. This ruling provided clear legal support for housing rights campaigns in South Africa and elsewhere. At the time of her death in August 2008, Irene Grootboom was still living in a shack. [1][2]

Was a South African physician, who battled the Apartheid era government as a prominent anti-Aparthei

Was a South African physician, who battled the Apartheid era government as a prominent anti-Apartheid and anti-conscription activist. [1] At the time of his death in 2008, Toms was serving as the Director of Health for the city of Cape Town, South Africa. [2]Toms was drafted into the national service in the South African Defence Force (SADF), as a non-combatant doctor in 1978.[2][3] He opposed the goals of the SADF, but refused to leave South Africa.[3] He spent much of his six months as a doctor in Namibia, which was then known as South West Africa and was controlled by South Africa.[2]