Fatima Meer. Meer who was born on 12th August 1928 helped found many organizations that aimed at improving the quality of life in South Africa.
She and the Mandela family were good friends, and Nelson trusted her writing so much that he asked her to write his first official biography, Higher than Hope (1990). Meer received the Vishwa Gurjari Award for Contribution to Human Rights in 1994 and The Order of Luthuli in Silver in 2017 as tributes to her memory and legacy.
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