Babalwa combines a flourishing career in the UK with a personal long-term project of spreading awareness of cancer in South Africa, where it is often sidelined by the magnitude of the HIV/Aids-TB pandemic. However, cancer kills, and Babalwa is determined to use her training as a therapeutic radiographer to educate women in particular about cancer affecting them.

Mandela took Alfred Xuma’s place on the ANC National Executive in March 1950. That month, the Defend Free Speech Convention was held in Johannesburg, bringing together African, Indian and communist activists to call an anti-apartheid general strike.

In July 1947, Nelson Mandela rushed Anton Lembede to hospital, where he died; he was succeeded as ANCYL president by the more moderate Peter Mda, who agreed to cooperate with communists and non-blacks, appointing Mandela ANCYL secretary.

Building local partnerships is key to success in Pan African markets