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… movement. During the 1870s she launched the world-wide Women’s Temperance Prayer Campaign, and in the years which … from a heart condition, in 1898. Ettie was active in the Women’s Temperance Union that was established in 1889. She … Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology. 2000. Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, …

… Recorded as one of the most tortured women political prisoners under the apartheid regime, … still kept in solitary confinement, Gumede and four other women prisoners submitted an application against the then- … Coetsee , to have their isolation declared illegal. The women reported that they had little exercise, were refused …

… the 1970s and the 1980s, Sister Ncube helped form local women’s organisations in the Transvaal region and in 1984 was elected president of the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) . Sister Ncube was detained six times under …

… as he did not believe that the matter fell under the colonial government's purview. As a result, he was charged … students. The school  curriculum focused on British history but his history teacher, Weaver Newana, added his own … for his son Justice and Mandela to marry two young women chosen by the Regent. Both young men decided to defy …

… Sash  and National President of the National Council of Women in Natal between 1983 and 1986. As Chairwoman of the Natal Midlands Women’s Coalition between 1992 and 1994, she coordinated regional work towards the Women’s Charter for Effective Equality. Jenny Schreiner grew …

… become a member of the ANC and was sent by Committee of Women, a predecessor of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) to Copenhagen for an International Democratic Federation Conference for Women. During her trip, she visited factories, addressed …

… of her book ‘If this be treason’ and worked for the Women’s’ League.  At the time Joseph was one of the accused … Joseph confirming that she was indeed a member of the ANC Women’s League . Shortly after her arrival in Tanzania she … .  Dos Santos is the founder member of the Mozambique Women’s Organisation, Journalists’ Association and other …

… now North West Province] that protested against passes for women.  In 1957, Molete, also from Lichtenburg, came to the …

… Witwatersrand Technikon. When the Natal Organisation of Women (NOW), an affiliate of the United Democratic Front … from 1984, she worked as a youth director for the Young Women’s Christian Association (YWCA) Board in Geneva, where … based in Cape Town. There she was involved in serving women in informal settlements and African independent …

… in the queue to get our two cups of sugar. It was largely women: Katie White, Gladys Smith, and Hettie September. The … Home, the first institution in Cape Town where Coloured women could train as nurses. Here she specialised as a … first in the formation of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and the underground Communist Party – the …

… Sing Me a Song of History: South African Poets and Singers in Exile, 1900–1990 …

… writer of cultural historical works and expert on the history of the French Huguenots at the Cape, dies in …

… Document 72 - “A landmark in South Africa’s History: The Sixth National Conference of the South African …

… News 24 reports that the worst fires in SA history wrecked havoc in Mpumalanga and KwaZulu-Natal during …

… The biggest gathering of world leaders in history takes place at the United Nations Millennium Summit …

… The Proteas became the first South African team in history to win a Test cricket series in Australia when they …

… The biggest gathering of world leaders in history takes place at the United Nations Millennium Summit …

… Breyton Paulse makes history by playing in his fiftieth Test for the Boks, a …

… Pollock becomes only the fifth player in test cricket history to take 300 wickets and score 3 000 runs on …

… Synod of the Dutch Reformed Church and expert on the early history of the settlement …

… Herald reports that for the first time in SA police history three Black policemen were promoted to the rank of …

… and another twenty-six are damaged. (2004). Today in History, Pretoria News, 21 A …

… Shantytown women strip to the waist and confront bulldozers sent to …

… armed combatants have brutally raped tens of thousands of women, girls and babi …

… For their Triumphs and for their Fears: Women in apartheid South Africa by Hilda Bernstein, August …

… social worker, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, dies in J …

… (Clemency Movement) organises a march of 4,000 Afrikaner women to the Union Buildings to hand a petition …

… will press ahead with a controversial bill to improve women’s rights despite fi …

… Minister of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology and ANC Women’s League president Winnie Mandela is accused of misusing …

… to the President’s Office (1999) and director of the Women’s Development Bank, is born i …