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Afrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2
22 June 1940

Afrikaner women march to the union buildings in protest of SA’s involvement in WW2

About 10 000 Afrikaner women, led by Mrs H.C. Steyn, wife of former President M.T. Steyn, marched to the Union Buildings to protest about the South African involvement in World War 2 on the side of…
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Apartheid was a programme established by the white dominated National Party (NP) in 1948 to consolidate the process of racial segregation in South Africa. The apartheid state prided itself on being…
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