Thenjiwe Lesabe was a Zimbabwean nationalist who was also a teacher, war veteran and political activist.
She attended White Water Primary and then trained as a teacher at Hope Fountain.
She was a teacher at Lotshe Primary school in Mkokoba before resigning in 1949 and joining Bantu Mirror as a journalist.
As chairlady she combined the two areas of Mzilikazi and Barbourfields and formed a branch called Mziba.
She later moved to Zambia when the liberation battle intensified and was mandated to liaise with the international community and lobby for independence.