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… to the Secretary of the National Council of African Women discussing the reasons behind the establishment of a … to the Secretary of the National Council of African Women …

… Jana was born on 5 December 1943, in Westville, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ), to a middle class Indian family. [i] … she commenced tertiary education at the Sophia College for Women in Breach Candy, Bombay India. [vi]  Although she had …

… they had two daughters, Frances, an art historian, now living in London, and Patricia, a medical specialist who … discrimination, especially discrimination against Black women. Suzman was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 36 years. …

… Survey on Black Women in Employment in a number of pinetown Factories- … wages and discrimination between black and white, men and women, training schemes, promotion, benefits, education, … Survey on Black Women in Employment in a number of Pinetown factories: …

… fromMatlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo].  I do not remember what year that … Then he struggles to his feet and asked, ‘How are you?’ I asked him how he had come there, and he said he had … Wiscombe in the Vryburg district of the Northern Cape (now North West Province). While in banishment, hesuffered …

… in Lamontville, one of the oldest Durban townships, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN).  He was one of Evelyn and Philip … six children. After completing his matriculation in 1982 he became interested in drama. As a political activist he was very involved with the creation of the now famous play “Asinamali” by Mbongeni Ngema. His artistic …

… In speaking of Bantu women in urban areas, the first thing to be considered is the … pay 25s. for rent, and 10s. for tram fares, so I leave you to imagine what sort of existence they lead on the … for the right to look for work. To look for work, mark you! The poor unfortunate Native, fresh from the country does …

… of Master of Arts at the University of Stellenbosch. Black women's oppression under apartheid was based on four … as such. The national liberation movement defined women's role in the struggle in male dominated terms and did … Responses by black women to race and gender dynamics under South Africa …

… studies at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in 1982. He was was granted a bursary for a lower secondary … He has worked as a detective for the last 20 years and is now the deputy provincial commissioner for detectives in …

… had signed a secret accord with the apartheid regime in 1982 to collaborate in the hunting down of ANC networks and … on the World Marxist Review, but his health was now beginning to falter, and his stay in Prague only lasted …

… Women and migration in South Africa: historical and literary …

… Union (ICU) and took part in campaigns against passes for women in 1931 and 1936. She was also active in the  African National Congress Women's League  and participated in the 1952  Defiance … founding conference of the  Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW)  in early 1954 and was chosen one of the …

… Islam after prayers during the month of fasting, allowed women to participate in the mosques' executive activities. … prison house with just a few loopholes to breathe through. Now that it is cemented, a granite wall is to be built around … of racialism is vicious. ... How much can we bear, I ask you! Has tolerance not a limit?" In this manner he …

… by Zulus and Indians, in what was then Natal province (now Kwazulu-Natal). His father worked for the railways, while … he recalls his wife greeting him at the door with, ‘Have you heard about Tiro? He’s been killed’ (Gwala, 1984). Gwala … by the Director of  Publications, based in Cape Town.  In 1982, Gwala’s second collection of poems was published in a …

… forced to go into exile. From the moment of his exile, in 1982, Jantjes became an artistic advisor in many …

… for the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).   In 1982, the National Union of Mineworkers was formed with …

… Industrial Workers Union, where she was mainly involved in women’s committees. Her involvement with women’s issues within the union triggered to raise funds to start a Women’s Trade union that was to focus on the informal sector, …

… for advanced training in Moscow. She was one of three women who were chosen for the programme. After the year-long … exile. She was also a writer and co-editor of the Voice of Women Bulletin, a publication aimed at women. Between 1976 and 1977, she assisted Zambian …

… However, her political activities soon turned to focus on women’s issues. She became a founding member of the Federation of South African Women  (FEDSAW) in 1954, which organized the historic women’s march against pass laws in 1956 . Bertha traveled the …

… : We were taken into our departments...and told that you will be a weaver...I am told that my minimum pay was going to be about R6 to 8...The next thing is you are...on the loom with piece rates. The normal pay becomes something you never ever come across... (Nala in Hemson, Legassick and …

… acclaim, also being voted Track and Field News number one women's 800m runner of 2009. However, the public attention … or high levels of testosterone in female athletes, in women's sport. Historically, after World War II, the … (IOC) made requirements that each nation certify that its women Olympic athletes were female. A short-lived and …

… where she became the first secretary of the regional women’s section of the ANC, which was established as a result of a growing number of women going into exile. In 1978, she married exiled writer, …  raid in 1985. She then left for Zimbabwe where she joined women’s committees but soon left to work for the ANC’s …

… Representation & Reality: Portraits of women’s lives in the Western Cape 1948 - 1976 by Helen Scanlon …

… For their triumphs and for their tears, Women in Apartheid South Africa by Hilda Bernstein …

… with Mrs. Miriam Vire-Tuominen, secretary-¬general of the Women’s International Democratic Federation -1986 …

… from the Executive of both the ANC and the Organisation’s Women’s League. …

… South African educationist and leader of the Inkatha Women’s Brigade, is born. …

… A Long And Difficult Road Ahead: Building The ANC Women’s League by SPEAK, 1991 – 1994, Johannesburg …

… No-one can stop us: Namibian women speak out about their struggles, hopes and dreams …