WOMEN'S
DAY
It
was on the 9th of August 1956, 20 000 South African women
staged a march to the Union Building in Pretoria to fight against
what was commonly known as the “pass laws”, the law that was
forcing African Persons to carry their identification documents at
all times.
They
stood outside the building silently for 30 minutes, most of them
carrying their babies on their backs. They sang a protest song,
composed in honor and especially for the occasion “Wathint'Abafazi
Wathint'imbokodo(Now you have touched the women, you have struck a
rock)”, they also left bundles of petitions containing thousands of
signatures of the protesters...over the years the very song has come
to represent women's courage and strength in South Africa.
Shouts
to all the strong, courageous women all over the globe...on this day
we'd also love to honor those who made this day possible, Mama
Albertina Sisulu, Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Sophia Williams-De
Bruyn and all the women who took charge and decided to stand and
fight for their rights and that of Africans as a nation.
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