Amina Cachalia, OLB (née Asvat; 28 June 1930 – 31 January 2013) was a South African anti-Apartheid activist, women's rights activist, and politician. She was a longtime friend and ally of former President of South Africa Nelson Mandela. Her late husband was political activist Yusuf Cachalia.Cachalia was born Amina Asvat in Vereeniging, South Africa, on 28 June 1930. She began campaigning against Apartheid and racial discrimination as a teenager.