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Women's March 1956 02

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Women's March 1956 02

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On August 9 1956, about 20 000 women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against legislation aimed at tightening the apartheid government's control over the movement of black women in urban areas.
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South African History Online. (2020, August 6). Women's March 1956 02. South African History Online. https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0150386

South African History Online (2020) 'Women's March 1956 02', South African History Online, 6 August. Available at: https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0150386 (Accessed: 22 October 2026).

South African History Online, Women's March 1956 02 [website], https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0150386, (accessed 22 October 2026).

"Women's March 1956 02." South African History Online, 6 Aug. 2020, https://sahistory.org.za/ref/I-0150386. Accessed 22 Oct. 2026.

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