A2 poster purple and black on white; graphic women protesting; Text: SPEAK: Engakhali ifela embelekweni; absesifazane bathi: abayeni bethu mabayeke ukusishaya; Breaking the Silence: Women say our men must stop beating us.
Archive record
Speak: breaking the silence: women say our men must stop beating us

- Origin date
- April 1988
- Updated
- 26 Aug 2019

South African History Online. (2016, February 22). Speak: breaking the silence: women say our men must stop beating us . South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117366
South African History Online (2016) ' Speak: breaking the silence: women say our men must stop beating us ', South African History Online, 22 February. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117366 (Accessed: 21 July 2026).
South African History Online, Speak: breaking the silence: women say our men must stop beating us [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117366, (accessed 21 July 2026).
" Speak: breaking the silence: women say our men must stop beating us ." South African History Online, 22 Feb. 2016, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117366. Accessed 21 July 2026.
South African History Online. " Speak: breaking the silence: women say our men must stop beating us ." South African History Online. February 22, 2016. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/R-0117366.
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