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… Address at a Public Rally Dar Es Salaam …

… husband, a leading political activist in the Transvaal (now Gauteng ). Thambi Naidoo was the sole breadwinner of the … carried water from springs almost a mile away. When women were invited to join the third phase of the Satyagraha … an extract from a letter he had received about Veerammal: You have heard of Mrs. Naidoo’s passing. She met with an …

… known as Bra Willie) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He attended Matibane High School. Influenced by … there are no choices beyond didactic writing: either you are a tool of oppression or an instrument of liberation." … the ANC, Kgositsile left the country. He first went to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, where he worked for Spearhead magazine. …

… and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began organising … from as early as 1978 and eventually formed the United Women's Organisation in 1981. The organisation took up … organisations such as the Natal Organisation of Women (NOW) and the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) . …

… The United Women’s Organisation (UWO) was launched in April 1981 with … 400 delegates from the Western Cape attending. Some of the women who pioneered the organisation had been active in the … provinces such as Natal the Natal Women’s Organisation (NOW) and in Transvaal the Federation of Transvaal Women …

… But the SB man said to me: 'Oh, Mrs Resha, I thought you were carrying equipment in your case for delivering … and we took the same bus to Pretoria. Those two women were now the ones preaching about the evils of the Pass Laws to … imbokodo uzokufa' (Strijdom beware! Now that you have touched the women, you have struck a rock, and you will die). …

… white poster. Artwork of rooftops with television aerials. Women's Aid poster. … Women!: if you need to leave a man for any reason …

… the Founding Conference of the Federation of South African Women Johannesburg, 17 April 1954. The Charter expressed the … aims of the newly established Federation of South African Women (FSAW). It was adopted at the inaugural conference and … in the final report of the conference. Preamble: We, the women of South Africa, wives and mothers, working women and …

… The Bantu Women's League was the first women's organisation in South Africa. It was started in 1918 by one of our earliest women activists, Dr Charlotte Maxeke . One of the issues at … Bantu Women’s League …

… In 1973, Natal women formed a federation of Black women after Fatima Meer returned from the USA, where Black American women were moved by the problems faced by Black South African … Black Women’s Federation …

… Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government threatened to reintroduce pass laws for women a these had been relaxed after the success of earlier … of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW), Natal Organisation of Women (NOW) and United Women's Congress (UWCO) in the Western Cape …

… # 1956 Women Marchers is an initiative of the  Albertina and Walter … Online to gather the names and stories of the 20.000 women who marched under the banner of the Federation of South African Women to the Union Building on August 9th 1956 to protest the … 1956 Women Marchers …

… Mary Margaret Ngalo was born in Cradock , Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province ) to Tom and Leah Plaatjie. As the … Ngalo. Soon, she joined the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) . As she played an active role in the … anniversary of the All Africa Women’s Conference in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. Sadly, this would be the last time that …

… ‘Strijdom, you have tampered with the women, You have struck a rock.'  So runs the song composed to … would henceforth be celebrated as Women's Day, and it is now, in the new South Africa, commemorated each year as a … The 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August …

… accused. Money for the bail was raised within hours. The women provided two meals everyday for five years, for all the … illegally, and made his way to Dar es Salaam, Tanganyika (now Tanzania) which housed the exiled leadership of the … Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity Organisation (AAPSO). In 1982 he was reposted to New Delhi. In November 1989 he was …

… Mozambique, in search of employment at the mine. Marikana now has a population of over 30,000 people and is divided … one of the four districts of the North West province. The women in Marikana have also migrated from various regions in Southern Africa; some of the women married to the miners have followed them to Marikana, …

… 1928 in Mandlanzini at the Empangeni District in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). After matriculating at Dumisa Secondary … Kingdom in 1978 where he sought political asylum.  In 1982 he was deployed by the PAC to Dar es Salaam, Tanzania where he served as the PAC’s …

… The Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) was formed on the 8th of December 1984, bringing together close to 200 women from all over the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng). The formation of FEDTRAW was based on … Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) …

… The bottom of the pyramid is a layer of ordinary men, women and children. Printed at CAP. … We rule you: we condemn you: we exploit you: we judge you: we jail you: we control you: but we carry …

… also because of their class and their gender. We invite you to read, in the pages that follow, on the important role … too long in our history books, and although this need is now to an extent being addressed, there is still a huge gap … black workers residential rights. Between 1979 and 1982, as result of the legalisation of black trade unions, …

… The aim of the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to educate women socially, politically, and morally and to make them … PAC’s African Women’s Organisation …

… not until the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country received formal recognition as equal citizens. South African women -under the social and even legal control of their … - were second-class citizens for many years. Black women were obviously doubly disadvantaged as a result of …

… Introduction Full feature on the  History of Women’s struggle in South Africa  will give a broader view of … and poverty. The Black Sash still exists today, but now it focuses only on poverty and helping the poor. Specific … to look at two women, although there are many more who you can find out about. Albertina Sisulu married ANC leader …

… for all South Africans. An organiser of the iconic Women’s March that took place on 9 August 1956, Nobadula was … to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng), marching in opposition to the discriminatory … the skills, she had learnt during her time in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, she was able to secure a job at the …

… La ninez es alegria: alegria es revolucion …

… received formal art training at the Open School, Durban in 1982 and the Little E. Theatre, Durban in 1983. In 1986 he … touches on issues of conflict within families, showing women as the custodians of culture, and commenting upon …

… SPEECH AT FUNERAL IN MASERU, DECEMBER 1982 …

… Apartheid stakeholders - Where are they now? …

… men were imprisoned and tortured by the government, women were also subject to this oppression. Women were the … that ‘As the cane lashes at them, sometimes a hose pipe, you feel it tearing at you own flesh mercilessly. It’s hard to imagine women … History of Women in Prisons during Apartheid …

… attending marches and protest actions together with other women such as Dorothy Nyembe , Kate Molale and Maggie Resha . … became the only woman in the Luthuli Camp at Kongwa in Dar Es Salaam. Her husband moved again to Algeria to work for the … an accident. In 1998, she returned home to South Africa. Now in her 90s, Violet Matlou stays in Pretoria. On 27 April …