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Epainette Nomaka Mbeki
Epainette Nomaka Mbeki (née Moerane), known as MaMbeki, was born in February 1916 in Mangoloaneng, in the Sotho-speaking section of the Mount Fletcher district of Transkei.
Ma Mbeki’s family, the Moeranes, are Basotho members of the elite Bafokeng clan.
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Her parents, Christians active in the Catholic Church, were successful peasant farmers strongly committed to securing the best available schooling for their children. Piny, as her friends and family called her, had moved from the nearby boarding school at Mariazell to Lovedale and then to Adams College Amanzimtoti, near Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) where she completed her teacher training.
She began her teaching career at Taylor Street Secondary School in Durban.
One of her fellow teachers was Govan Mbeki, the man who would later become her husband.
In 1938, Bettie du Toit recruited MaMbeki into the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Durban, making her the second black woman to join the C
