[3] An anti-apartheid activist for the African National Congress (ANC), she was an operative of the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) from 1978 until its disbandment in 1993.
She said during the day of the riots her female schoolmate was shot dead by an apartheid policeman when a stray bullet hit her while she was sweeping the yard of her home.
In 1978, Williams left South Africa to join the exiled ANC in Swaziland[7] and subsequently its military wing, the uMkhonto we Sizwe.
de Klerk, she worked at the ANC's Johannesburg headquarters as administrator before joining government in 1995.
[9] Williams holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration from the University of South Africa.