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National Women's Day (Zulu: Usuku Lwabesifazane, Afrikaans: Nasionale Vrouedag) is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country's pass laws that required South Africans defined as "black" under The Population Registration Act to carry an ...
On 9 August 2000, National Women's Day, a monument was unveiled at the Malibongwe Embokodweni, the amphitheatre at Union Buildings in Pretoria to celebrate and commemorate the event of 1956. [2]: 1, 4 It is called the Monument to the Women of South Africa, a project developed by the Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Technology (DACST).
Ahead of Women's Day, the national carrier Air India operated what it claimed to be the world's longest non-stop flight where the entire flight operations were handled by women, as part of International Women's Day celebrations. The flight, from Delhi to San Francisco, covered a distance of around 14,500 kilometers in around 17 hours. [119]
Supporting and celebrating women's rights is a year-round responsibility. But on International Women's Day (IWD), which is on Friday, March 8, 2024, it's even more important to take a stand for ...
While there is no peak body organisation for women in South Africa, what passes for the women's movement is a collection of disparate NGOs such as People Opposing Women Abuse, Sonke Gender Justice and Progressive Women's Movement of South Africa. [18] Women's organizations in South Africa fight not only for women's liberation but national ...
Significant, silly and celebratory—all of the observances and holidays in March.
Fixtures, results and scorecards from England's women's tour of South Africa, featuring a Test, three ODIs and three Twenty20 internationals.
History of women's rights in South Africa; N. National Women's Day; P. Prostitution in South Africa; W. Women's Enfranchisement Act, 1930