'She was soft spoken and kind-hearted

"All this she fought under Woodlands Residence Association, an affiliate of Mitchell’s Plain Coordinating Committee (a United Democratic Front affiliate), which she was the secretary of," he said.

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Mr Thuynsma said Ms Solomon was an active Cape Area Housing Action Committee (CAHAC) member who lobbied for decent housing for everyone.

“She was at one stage chairperson of the Mitchell’s Plain community police forum and joint chairperson of the Mitchells Plain reconstruction and development programme (RDP) forum until she entered Council as mayor

“When she became the first democratically elected black female mayor of the City of Cape Town, she moved to have the issues she fought for outside of government, to be her cornerstone issues in government.

“She ensured that the City start a process of transferring ownership of Council rental houses to their longtime occupiers.

“She ensured that the Olympic Committee delegation visiting Cape Town in lieu of the 2004 Olympic bid visited Mitchell's Plain, and she hosted them at the Woodlands People’s Centre, a place where she spent many a year helping community members as a social auxiliary worker,” he said.