Flashes in her soul, the life of Jabu Ndlovu. Hidden Voices Series.

By (author): Jean Fairbairn. Jean Fairbairn's biography tells the story of Jabu Ndlovu, a shop steward at a Pietermaritzburg kitchenware factory who rose to leadership in the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa as her awareness of the exploitation faced by Black workers grew. Her union activism ultimately cost her life: she, her husband and eldest daughter were killed in 1989. Republished in Jacana's Hidden Voices series with a new introduction, maps and photographs, the book preserves an ordinary woman's extraordinary role in South Africa's labour and anti-apartheid struggle.