Rhoda Kadalie was a South African Academic, gender activist and former SA Human Rights Commissioner.
She was born on September 22, 1953, in Cape Town to Joan Kadalie and Fenner Kadalie.
She has eight siblings; David Kadalie, Charles Kadalie, Reuben Kadalie, Paul Kadalie, Thomas Kadalie, Bruce Kadalie, Patrick Kadalie and Judith Kadalie.
Kadalie founded the Gender Equity Unit at the University of the Western Cape in 1973.
Kadalie was active in the struggle against apartheid.
Following democracy, she served in President Nelson Mandela’s administration as a commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission.
She was previously a director at the Impumelelo Centre for Social Innovation, an organisation that supports private-public partnerships in poor communities.
Kadalie was also a columnist for different newspapers.
Rhoda Kadalie died on April 16, 2022, at age 68 in Los Angeles.
Julia Pollak: Who Is Rhoda Kadalie’s Daughter?
Rhoda Kadalie’s daughter is Julia Bertelsmann Pollak.
She is a Chief economist at ZipRecruiter, Santa Monica, California.
Julia graduated from Harvard University and subsequently received M.Phil. in Policy Analysis at Pardee RAND Graduate School in 2014.
From 2017 to 2018, she worked as an Adjunt Instructor at Pepperdine University.
Julia Pollak is married to Joel Pollak, a South African-American conservative political commentator, writer, and attorney.
Together the couple shares three children, Maya, Alex and Amira.