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BiographyBrigalia Bam
Brigalia Bam was born in the former Transkei, in the Eastern Cape. She was formally educated in South Africa and abroad specializing in teaching, social work,…
BiographyNosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi
Nosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi was born on 25 September 1959 in Gugulethu (Western Cape). She was the Deputy President of the African National Congress Women’s…
ArticleExhibition: Celebrating 40 Years of Women's Day, Durban 1980
ArchiveLetter from Maryland (https://www.archaeology.org/) by Julie Schablitsky
Archive9th August : South Africa Womens Day : 30th
… 9th August : South Africa Womens Day : 30th …
South African women celebrate the first National Women’s day.
National Women’s Day. Since 1995 celebrated in South Africa.
Narrating Women’s Identities in Cape Town by Rosabelle Boswell
ArchiveThe Women’s League: A Fighting Force! by SPEAK, 1991, Kimberley
BiographyDr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena
Dr Oshadi Mangena was born in a toilet on 12 June 1931 when her father’s employer refused to allow her mother to wait for an ambulance inside her home, as she…
Local elections in Morocco takes place. The two governing coalition parties win with 30% of the vote.
… Local elections in Morocco takes place. The two governing coalition parties win with 30% of the vote. …
EventFirst celebration of International Women's Day
The first International Women's Day was launched in several European countries in March 1911. It was celebrated on 19 March and over a million men and women…
BiographyJoyce Piliso-Seroke
Joyce Piliso-Seroke was born in Crown Mines, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 11 July 1933. She completed her matric at Kilnerton High School in…
EventNigerian political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat, Funmilayo Ransome Kuti is born
Funmilayo Ransome Kuti was born Francis Abigail Olufunmilayo Thomas on 25 October 1900 in Abeokuta, Nigeria. Kuti founded a women’s organisation with 20 000…
EventCharlotte Maxeke, politician and founder of the Bantu Women’s League of South Africa, is born
Charlotte Maxeke was born on 7 April 1847 in Fort Beaufort in Cape Town. From a young age Maxeke showed musical talent. She finished primary school early and…
BiographyEmmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande
… Committee and the Chairperson of the Financial Sector Coalition Campaign (FSCC). He obtained his PhD in Industrial …
BiographyDorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe was born on the 31st of December 1931 near Dundee in northern KwaZulu-Natal. Her mother, Leeya Basolise Nyembe was the daughter of…
Leonora van den Heever
Van den Heever was born in Windhoek in 1926 but attended school in Bloemfontein. She went on to complete her MA in English at the University of Pretoria, and…
BiographyEduardo Mondlane
… As the president of FRELIMO, he successfully promoted a coalition with the different independence movements on the …
BiographyPamela dos Santos (nee Beira)
Pamele dos Santos (nee Beira) was born in Johannesburg on 19 June 1942 to Banny and Golda Beira. She attended Houghton Primary and Johannesburg Girls High…
BiographyNomathamsanqa Xoliswa Ngwevela
While in exile, Ngwevela procured a Diploma in Political Science at the Pushkin International Institute in Moscow in October 1980. From September 1986 to…
General J.B.M. Hertzog, as Prime Minister, forms a coalition government between the National party and the South African Party
… General J.B.M. Hertzog, as Prime Minister, forms a coalition government between the National party and the South …
BiographySindiwe Magona
Sindiwe Magona was born on 23 August 1943, in the village of Gungululu in rural Eastern Cape (formerly Transkei). The first born of eight children, Magona…
ArchiveExtracts of 3 Interviews from the 1956 Women’s Anti-Pass March
In the year, 2000, four young oral historians interviewed fourteen women who participated in the 1956 March. Here are extracts from three interviews (Q:…
Statement on the Occasion of National Women’s Day, 9 August 2001
Address To The Nation On National Women’s Day, 9 August 1999
Fellow South Africans, Today, August 9th is National Women's Day. On this day, as a nation, we re-commit ourselves to the advancement of women at all levels of…
MESSAGE BY PRESIDENT NELSON MANDELA ON WOMEN’S DAY 9 August 1995
ArchiveTaking The Women’s Struggle Forward by SPEAK, March 1989, Johannesburg
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