Vusumzi L. Make (1931 – 15 April 2006)[1] was a South African civil rights activist and lawyer.
[2] He and the American poet Maya Angelou met in 1961,[3][4] lived together in Cairo, Egypt, before parting ways in 1962.
[1] When Potlako Leballo, Chairman of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), was forced out of the position, Make joined a Presidential Council consisting of David Sibeko, Ellias Ntloedibe, and himself.
[6] He resigned from the chairmanship in January 1981 to make way for John Nyathi Pokela, who had been recently imprisoned on Robben Island.
[2] Make died on 15 April 2006 in the HF Verwoerd hospital in Pretoria at the age of 75.