Fasiha Hassan is a South African lawyer, politician and previous student activist. Hassan was a SRC leader during the FeesMustFall protests at the

University of the Witwatersrand The University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg (), is a multi-campus South African Public university, public research university situated in the northern areas of central Johannesburg. It is more commonly known as Wits University or Wits ( o ...

. She was a law student at the time. At the age of 25 in May 2019, she became the youngest Member of the

Gauteng Provincial Legislature The Gauteng Provincial Legislature is the legislature of the South African province of Gauteng. It is a unicameral body of 73 members elected every five years. The current legislature, the sixth, was elected on 8 May 2019 and has an African Natio ...

. Hassan is a member of the

African National Congress The African National Congress (ANC) is a Social democracy, social-democratic political party in Republic of South Africa, South Africa. A liberation movement known for its opposition to apartheid, it has governed the country since 1994, when ...

(ANC).

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Fasiha Hassan – People's Assembly
Living people Year of birth missing (living people) African National Congress politicians Members of the Gauteng Provincial Legislature People from Gauteng University of the Witwatersrand alumni {{Gauteng-politician-stub