She's the original Mbokodo - a female struggle icon who selflessly fought apartheid and who would have turned 100 this year.
And now Albertina Sisulu, the activist and nurse who was one of the organisers of the 1956 Women's March and who died seven years ago, has a range of trendy T-shirts named after her.
The Ma Sisulu 100 collection was launched at African fashion brand Kisua's Sandton store on Wednesday, drawing a crowd scattered with her offspring.
On the red carpet outside the Sandton City store, I am greeted by one grandchild who has taken up Ma Sisulu's activist spirit, Ntsiki, who hasn't shied away from criticising the ANC Women's League for losing its way.
Ntsiki is wearing a red tee emblazoned with her gran's face which forms part of the range, of which a portion of sales will go towards nursing bursaries in Albertina's honour.
Meanwhile, standing on a plinth leading into the store I spot another Sisulu, granddaughter Yirha, who has lent her support as a model on the evening.
Among the throng checking out the T-shirts while sipping on sparkling wine and snacking on yam balls, prawns in batter and boats of jollof rice, I spot Twitter loudmouth Khaya Dlanga and Melanie Bala, who admits her lithe figure is thanks to "yoga-ing my body into shape".
Someone I didn't get a chance to talk to, though, was Savita Mbuli, widow of broadcaster Vuyo Mbuli, who is still battling the bank which wants to repossess her Houghton mansion.
She made a quick exit after spotting the cameras.
Someone a lot more talkative is Dusanka Stojakovic, the publisher of the Sisulu family-owned publishing house New Africa Books.
Dusanka tells me that their recently published biography of Albertina has been a roaring success - selling the 2,000 printed copies in just two weeks, with a new batch coming off the presses soon.
Compere is the still-glam former Generations actress Phemelo Motene, who these days can be heard presenting on 702, and who greets us before introducing Ntsiki, who tells us more about her gran.
"As we celebrate her, we know that she was a woman of fortitude, which simply means that through a lot of courage, pain and triumph she made it," says the daughter of Sheila and the late Mlungisi Sisulu.
I also say hello to Ntsiki's brother, Duma, and Shaka Sisulu (whose dad is Max, the former National Assembly speaker), and meet Ayanda, who has a striking likeness to her mother, cabinet minister Lindiwe...