Black and white poster. Notice of 9th August - South African Women's Day. Artwork of a woman with raised fist with broken handcuffs.
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Now you have touched the women you have struck a rock: you have dislodged a boulder: you will be crushed

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- 1 Oct 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Now you have touched the women you have struck a rock: you have dislodged a boulder: you will be crushed. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116499
South African History Online (2016) 'Now you have touched the women you have struck a rock: you have dislodged a boulder: you will be crushed', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116499 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Now you have touched the women you have struck a rock: you have dislodged a boulder: you will be crushed [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116499, (accessed 21 July 2026).
"Now you have touched the women you have struck a rock: you have dislodged a boulder: you will be crushed." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116499. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. "Now you have touched the women you have struck a rock: you have dislodged a boulder: you will be crushed." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0116499.
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