Green, yellow, cream, black and white poster. Artwork of a woman with fist raised with handcuff on. 9th August - S.A. Women's Day.
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Now you have touched the women you have struck a rock: you have dislodged a boulder: you will be crushed

- Origin date
- 0000-06-16
- Updated
- 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/nso/ref/R-0116498
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/nso/ref/R-0116498 (Accessed: 22 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/nso/ref/R-0116498, (accessed 22 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/nso/ref/R-0116498. Accessed 22 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/nso/ref/R-0116498.
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