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… On 8 August 2006, hundreds of women gathered in Bloemfontein to launch a new national women’s movement, a non-profit organisation called the Progressive Women's Movement of South Africa. It was created as a … PWMSA, PWMSA background , from  Progressive Women’s Movement of South Africa , [online], Available at …

… the Communist Party in 1934 and 1935, and recruited many women into the organisation. She helped organise workers in … The FCWU recruited Black and White workers, men and women, and earned the reputation of being both effective and … University. Together they wrote the classic labour history Class and Colour in South Africa: 1850 - 1950, a …

… Precolonial and Early History Almost four hundred years ago, Khoe-San people moved … men could work on the agricultural co-operative and sent women, who were staying with their husbands, to the Itsoseng … economic activity is beer brewing. Beer brewing has a history in South Africa; Zulu king Cetshwayo once said that …

… Dr Effendi remained largely unknown in South African history until researcher Dr Halim Gençoğlu uncovered his … family with deep roots in South African Muslim history. His grandfather was the renowned Abu Bakr Effendi, … Effendi, who had been accepted as a 'white citizen' in colonial Cape Town, combined with his fair skin, may have …

… The involvement of women in liberation struggle tends to attract controversy. … This relates mainly to the extent and character of women's participation. Some suggest that their activity … merely replicated existing patriarchal relations or that women performed unimportant roles, while the men were cast as …

… ) from 1968 to 1972. She then went on to study History and Afrikaans in 1972. It was at the university that … political party. Gasa was also the chairperson of the IFP Women’s Brigade, and led the Brigade into peace talks with their counterparts in the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL) in a bid to spearhead peace …

… of South Africa (UNISA) majoring in Education, English and History. Mazibuko then studied for the Executive Strategic … of the ANC in Gauteng. Mazibuko was a Chairperson of the Women’s Caucus, was also a Deputy Chief Whip. Mazibuko was … on the Improvement of quality of life and the status of women, youth, children and people with disabilities. After …

… feminist campaigner. Dr Palmer was one of the first women graduates of Glasgow University, Scotland. Soon after the university opened its doors to women, she enrolled and obtained her MA in 1900 before going … . Dr Palmer was later appointed lecturer in Economic History at the then Natal University College – NUC (now the …

… Women in the ANC and SWAPO: sexual abuse of young women in the ANC camps …

… The Women’s National Coalition conference (25-27 February), where the Women’s Charter is adopted, starts. …

… Global solidarity for women`s health : A report on the 6th International Women and Health Meeting …

… Gutsche enrolled for a Doctoral Degree in Social History at UCT. Her doctoral thesis on The History and Social Significance of Motion Pictures in South … She was an active member of the National Council of Women in South Africa and served as its president. …

… for the degree of master of arts in the department of history, at the University of Natal, Durban, 1988. This … Marxism and history: twenty years of South African Marxist studies …

… Surge of Women into work force …

… Women and Apartheid by ES Reddy …

… Ms. Florence Maleka (ANC Women’s Section) …

… Miss Barbara MASEKELA (ANC Women’s Section) …

… International Day of Violence Against Women. …

… The Women’s Charter by SPEAK, Johannesburg …

… Vukani Makhosikazi: South African women speak …

… A crime against women, a crime against society …

… The Legal Disabilities of Zulu Women …

… Gabriela Commission on violence against women …

… Young women: mobilize: educate for elections …

… Young women : Now is the time …

… Women workers` movement in the Philippines …

… Women workers win job evaluation battle …

… Interview with women unionists in Nigeria …

… COSATU resolved to fight women`s issues …

… Agenda : A journal about women and gender …