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… contribution to her community and South Africa’s liberation struggle as a whole. Moreover, she demonstrated … December 1996. Early Years Nokukhanya Bhengu was born on 3 March 1904 at the Umngeni Mission Station (near Durban) as … of separation. [15] The restrictions placed on married women teachers forced Nokukhanya to quit teaching entirely …

… National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) . Walter Sisulu 's book ' South Africa Behind Bars' is handed out among the … of Documents Act of No 67 of 1952 includes Black women. Florence Matomela, one of the first women volunteers … sections of Freedom Charter which accepted multiracialism. 1956 - 1961 South African Congress of Trade Union (SACTU) …

… 1937 Orlando Pirates football club is founded. The SAAFA's (South African African Football Association) Bakers Cup is … Singh Cup. 1955 White Springbok team tours Australia 1956 The English Football Association sends an amateur … African Football (CAF) expels South Africa. South African Women's football starts. 1961 FIFA suspends the Football …

… during the mid 1800s, fleeing from the wave of Shaka Zulu's territorial expansion. His paternal grandparents, Isabella … Nombuyiselo Czarina Makalima, in 1939. Sindiso was born 12 March 1940, in Bolotwa and spent his early years in Dophu. … marry again in 1952. Sindiso retains fond memories of both women. St.Agnes Anglican Church Choir, Noupoort, 1955. …

… Publishers.|African National Congress, (1980). The Role of Women in the Struggle against apartheid, 15 July. Available … 29 October, 2014]|African National Congress, (1954). Women’s Charter, 17 April. Available at … Women in the Cities and the Resistance Movement …

… Villa Baker was born on 12 March 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, while World … was killed in a heroic attempt to save a fellow miner’s life. Her young mother later met and married her … the family.This did not stop her from being active in the women’s’ organisation, Black Sash . She marched, in Pretoria, …

… was in Durban in 1980 to work on my PhD research on black women’s struggles against pass laws. By then, I had been married … combined to make me choose my history PhD topic. How the 1956 Anniversary Projects got Started Over the years, I have … Recollections of the Resurrection of Women’s Day, 40 Years Ago by Julie Wells …

… in Scotland in 1936.  She came to Durban as an infant. In March 1960,  Ronnie Kasrils , later, her husband, visited … SACP  in the late 1950s. She was among the first women to join the ranks of  Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)  the African National Congress  (ANC's) armed wing in 1960. She was part of a Natal MK network …

… 2nd ed. Pretoria: Protea Book House. Ferguson S. (ed) 1998. Collins Pocket English Dictionary. s l: Harper …  [Accessed: 12 January 2015]. ShowMe, (2008/8), “The 1956 Women’s march to the Union Buildings” from ShowMe, 12 …

… collapsed as a result of her first alleged husband’s (who was a railway worker) abuse of alcohol. She … For instance, from November 1989, Black Sash and other women’s organisations piled pressure on the government to … this her husband passed away. Evelina de Bruin died in March 2012, in her home in Upington. …

… could monitor their actions and better produce results. Women were thus discouraged from moving with their husbands, … Indian Muslim community [9] . Parsees, such as Dr. Ginwala’s grandparents, were a minute part of this minority … caught the attention of the international community. The March 21, 1960 pass law protest in Sharpeville in what is …

… in Johannesburg, South Africa six white English speaking women were brought together by their shared outrage against … with its own supporters. The disrespect of South Africa’s charter was the force that fueled the initial six women … with a black sash, symbolising the Constitution, February 1956. Thompson, Tertia Pybus, and Elizabeth Mclaren who began …

… Janet Burnside Soga was born on 18 March 1827 in Hutchesontown, Glasgow. She was the eldest … to Scotland immediately, but went to Emgwali, where Tiyo's aged mother, Nosutu, was living. She was keen on the … She died at Cunningham Mission, Toleni, Transkei on 16 March 1884. Frances Maria Anna (1868-1942) worked for the …

… Cape. Thabo Mbeki was named after one of his father’s best friends, Thabo Mofutsanyana , a leading member of the … game, he stuck with it throughout his time at Lovedale. In 1956, Mbeki joined the ANC Youth League after a brief period … were formally charged. On 13 June 1964, Mbeki organised a march from Brighton to London, after the Rivonia Trialists …

… Dorothea De Villiers Lilian Diedericks (involved in the 1956 March) Bettie du Toit Sheena Duncan F Brenda Fassie Millicent … Ramphele Mary Ranta Dolly Rathebe Florence Ribeiro S Magdalena Gertruide Sauer Miss Schlesin Olive Schreiner … A List of women involved in the women’s struggle in South Africa, …

… the farm Rhebokskloof and initially attended M.J. Stucki's school at Blauwvallei. She subsequently attended the … Christelike Vrouevereniging (Afrikaans Christian women's society) for many years. Cillié spent her retirement … West . She died shortly before her hundredth birthday on16 March 1966 in Somerset West. On her retirement in 1921 the …

… a member of the National Executive Committee of the ANC Women’s League and become one of the founder members of the … of the Anti Pass Law march in Pretoria on the 9th August 1956. In 1962, she left the country for Military training …

… footnote mentioned once or twice among her better known, women comrades. Her political activism started on 19 May … stop the passing of the Separate Representation of Voter’s Bill , Newton Thompson, together with Jean Sinclair , Ruth … , Tertia Pybus and Jean Bosazza , decided to launch the “ Women’s Defence of the Constitutional League.” [4] As the …

… ‘Langalibalele’, his middle name, means ‘bright sun’. Dube’s grandmother, Dalitha became the first convert of the … the Union Missionary Seminary in Brooklyn, in New York. In March 1899, Dube was ordained as a priest by the … Dube was instrumental in improving the status of black women, especially those involved in the domestic work sector, …

… activity in the region and was a founder of the Langa Women’s Vigilance Association. In March 1947, Seqwana was arrested for her part in a protest … Scanlon, H. 2007. “Representation and reality: Portraits of Women’s Lives in the Western Cape 1948-1976”. HSRC Press: …

… from the 1970s to the 1990s before being elected Cape Town’s first black woman mayor from 1996 to 1998, after serving as … mayor the previous year. In 1975, Solomon joined the Black Women’s Organisation and became actively involved in the … UDF Western Cape region, a position she served in until March 1990. From 1983 to 1985, Solomon gave up full-time …

… and founder member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), Lilian Ngoyi died on 13 March 1980. She was … eventually helped found the party’s women wing, ANCWL.  In 1956, Ngoyi led a march against pass laws for women to the … at: www.sahistory.com [Accessed on 28 February 2013]| Who’s Who Lilian Ngoyi [online] Available at: www.whoswho.co.za …

… at Cofimvaba, Transkei, about 30 miles from his mother’s home at Qutubeni. For a long time during his early life, … basic unit of the organization, full equality extended to women members and the women’s section is formed. 1944 15 … in honour of Lillian Ngoyi, recently returned from Russia. 1956 December, Sisulu is arrested on a charge of High …

… part of the SAHO Public History Internship The ‘People’s Doctor’ ‘He struggled to liberate society from oppression. … commitment to complete well-being. Handbook on Health In March 1984, the Azapo Health Secretariat released a twenty … for patients. The CHAP clinics contained a strong focus on women’s health. For instance, in April 1985, Azapo teamed up …

… Fellow South Africans, Today, August 9th is National Women's Day. On this day, as a nation, we re-commit ourselves to … remember those twenty thousand women who took part in the 1956 march, and also the struggle of all South Africans, let … Address To The Nation On National Women’s Day, 9 August 1999 …

… Mayat and her siblings’ lives revolved around their parent’s shop, which was very popular within the community. Later, … political and social activities. She began writing in the women’s column – Fahmida’s World – of the weekly … supervised the food, laundry, and other housekeeping. In March 1979, Mayat, along with her husband, niece, and sister, …

… to protest against the tightening grip of the government’s racist polices were staged by the ANC and other … the Defiance Campaign. Florence Matomela, one of the first women volunteers in the Defiance Campaign is arrested and … becomes the first woman to be elected to the ANC’s NEC. 1956 African women are issued with reference books amid a …

… member of Communist Party. Launched the Federation of SA Women in the 1950's. Alie, Mohammed Cassiem, alias Abil Qaise Act No. 44 of … Bacola, Headman Stanford     Banished on the 19th June 1956. Reasons for Deposition furnished by the Minister of …

… her mother understood the similarities between Hitler's Nationalist Socialist Party and the National Party in South … she thought was very important in South Africa such as the women’s right to abortion and women’s right to choose and to … African cultural group, called Amandla to Stockholm in March 1976. Amongst the group were Pallo Jordan and Ronnie …

… on ‘Problems in Poultry Raising’ at Tuskegee Institute’s commencement ceremony. 13 July-October: In order to pay his … to Budapest, Hungary and works gaining experience in women’s diseases and midwifery. Xuma studies complex surgery … ANC leadership refuses to read the letter in its entirety. 1956 At the conference of the Inter-denominational African …