Florence Grace Mkhize (1932 – July 10, 1999) was an anti-apartheid activist and women's movement leader.
From her teenage years, determined to be part of the solution of the apartheid, she joined the African National Congress (ANC).
She started to become aware about politics at age 16 while attending a Roman Catholic school on the South Coast.
[1] In the 1970s, Mkhize was involved with the Release Mandela Campaign and used her home to hide others from security forces.
They had four children: Her boys named Mandla and Thulani Khosi and her daughter Shauwn Mkhize.
[4] In 2006 the South African Ministry of the Environment commissioned an environmental protection vessel, the Florence Mkhize.