Margaret Rajbally

Sunklavathy "Margaret" Rajbally (born 25 February 1932) is a retired South African politician and former trade unionist from KwaZulu-Natal. A garment worker by occupation, she was an organiser for the Garment Workers' Industrial Union in Durban during apartheid. She became a founding member of the Minority Front (MF) in 1993 and represented the party in the National Assembly for two terms from 1999 to 2009.

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• We must also pay tribute to all the shop stewards and union leaders who have made a huge different in the lives of ordinary factory workers especially our mothers and sisters who worked long hours under terrible conditions. May Day is also regarded as a special day where workers are united in one voice,”
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• I am thankful for my daughter together with her family who have always supported me through all of my trials and tribulations. Many rivalry trade unions have failed dismally trying to halt me.
  • She said