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Women’s Day: 66 years of struggle, women are still not safe

Marizka Coetzer

On Women's Day, hundreds of women came out in their green ANC attire to celebrate the heroines from the past in the park at the Union Buildings

Magdeline Kekana, Francian Bambo, Paulina Nkosi, Sonto Motlhake and Mpho Maluleka on their way to an event held at Union Buildings in Pretoria to celebrate Womans Day, 9 August 2022. Picture: Neil McCartney / The Citizen

It has been 66 years since thousands of women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to fight for freedom and protested against the extension of passing laws for women. Yesterday, hundreds of women came out in their green ANC attire to celebrate the heroines from the past in the park at the Union Buildings. Gauteng premier David Makhura and MEC for sport, arts, culture and recreation Mbali Hlophe greeted female officers from the SA Police Service and the Tshwane Metro Police Department, parading with the police band. Poet Ntsiki Mazwai performed Hey Black Gal before the panellists, including Sophia...

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