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… Natal Organisation of Women (NOW) …

… Barbara Masekela’s speech (ANC Women’s Section), 1982 …

… for their rights as women. SPEAK magazine was started in 1982 as a platform for women to voice their opinions and … were paid R200 a month. Women started at R43 a month- and now it is only women who sweep the streets’ ( SPEAK 9). These … said that there is ‘ no rest, day and night. At night you must come sit in with their children and you get no pay …

… were hosted by the Botswana National Museum in July of 1982 in Gaborone, Botswana as part of The Culture and … group forms such as civic organisations, trade unions, women and student organisations. After a number of cultural … (exiled 1978), Miles Pelo (exiled 1981, left Botswana 1982 for Cuba, Tanzania, England), Heinz Klug (1979 - 1985 in …

… This is something that touches my heart. I appeal to you young Africans to come forward and fight. These passes … come to the house and tell his wife , “I’m going to jail now.” And then the wife says, “Well, I’m going to jail too.” … such as that shown below, entitled: “Now that you have touched the women, you have a struck a rock, you have …

… Imbeleko is the women's wing of the Azanian People's Organisation (AZAPO), formed in 1982 to address the specific challenges faced by black women … rebuild structures that could address women's concerns. In 1982, AZAPO formed the Black Domestic Workers' Association …

… formed a large percentage of this population (Walker, 1982). Few women actually had the legal permission to work … In 1959, the women participated in a series of uprisings, now referred to as the Cato Manor riots and outside of the … the police attacked with drawn batons”¦ I can’t tell you how many women were injured. (Naicker, 1959). The Natal …

… Address at a Public Rally Dar Es Salaam …

… and their aftermath, ex-Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) members in the Western Cape began organising … from as early as 1978 and eventually formed the United Women's Organisation in 1981. The organisation took up … organisations such as the Natal Organisation of Women (NOW) and the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) . …

… The United Women’s Organisation (UWO) was launched in April 1981 with … 400 delegates from the Western Cape attending. Some of the women who pioneered the organisation had been active in the … provinces such as Natal the Natal Women’s Organisation (NOW) and in Transvaal the Federation of Transvaal Women …

… But the SB man said to me: 'Oh, Mrs Resha, I thought you were carrying equipment in your case for delivering … and we took the same bus to Pretoria. Those two women were now the ones preaching about the evils of the Pass Laws to … imbokodo uzokufa' (Strijdom beware! Now that you have touched the women, you have struck a rock, and you will die). …

… the Founding Conference of the Federation of South African Women Johannesburg, 17 April 1954. The Charter expressed the … aims of the newly established Federation of South African Women (FSAW). It was adopted at the inaugural conference and … in the final report of the conference. Preamble: We, the women of South Africa, wives and mothers, working women and …

… The Bantu Women's League was the first women's organisation in South Africa. It was started in 1918 by one of our earliest women activists, Dr Charlotte Maxeke . One of the issues at … Bantu Women’s League …

… In 1973, Natal women formed a federation of Black women after Fatima Meer returned from the USA, where Black American women were moved by the problems faced by Black South African … Black Women’s Federation …

… Congress (ANC) was formed in 1912, it did not accept women as members. In 1918, the government threatened to reintroduce pass laws for women a these had been relaxed after the success of earlier … of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW), Natal Organisation of Women (NOW) and United Women's Congress (UWCO) in the Western Cape …

… # 1956 Women Marchers is an initiative of the  Albertina and Walter … Online to gather the names and stories of the 20.000 women who marched under the banner of the Federation of South African Women to the Union Building on August 9th 1956 to protest the … 1956 Women Marchers …

… ‘Strijdom, you have tampered with the women, You have struck a rock.'  So runs the song composed to … would henceforth be celebrated as Women's Day, and it is now, in the new South Africa, commemorated each year as a … The 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August …

… Mozambique, in search of employment at the mine. Marikana now has a population of over 30,000 people and is divided … one of the four districts of the North West province. The women in Marikana have also migrated from various regions in Southern Africa; some of the women married to the miners have followed them to Marikana, …

… The Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) was formed on the 8th of December 1984, bringing together close to 200 women from all over the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng). The formation of FEDTRAW was based on … Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) …

… also because of their class and their gender. We invite you to read, in the pages that follow, on the important role … too long in our history books, and although this need is now to an extent being addressed, there is still a huge gap … black workers residential rights. Between 1979 and 1982, as result of the legalisation of black trade unions, …

… The aim of the African Women's Organisation is to rally African women under the banner of African Nationalism and to educate women socially, politically, and morally and to make them … PAC’s African Women’s Organisation …

… not until the introduction of the Bill of Rights that all women in this country received formal recognition as equal citizens. South African women -under the social and even legal control of their … - were second-class citizens for many years. Black women were obviously doubly disadvantaged as a result of …

… Introduction Full feature on the  History of Women’s struggle in South Africa  will give a broader view of … and poverty. The Black Sash still exists today, but now it focuses only on poverty and helping the poor. Specific … to look at two women, although there are many more who you can find out about. Albertina Sisulu married ANC leader …

… SPEECH AT FUNERAL IN MASERU, DECEMBER 1982 …

… men were imprisoned and tortured by the government, women were also subject to this oppression. Women were the … that ‘As the cane lashes at them, sometimes a hose pipe, you feel it tearing at you own flesh mercilessly. It’s hard to imagine women … History of Women in Prisons during Apartheid …

… Apartheid stakeholders - Where are they now? …

… in production by 400 per cent (Cameron, 1986: 90). Women were prominently involved in the food and canning … I worked in the cutting department, but it is very tiring you must stand the whole day. At that time, we didn’t have lunch hours, we didn’t have breaks. Because you start in the morning at seven o’clock and you work right …

… SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership project Women’s Role in the Negotiations Women played a major role in … South Africa into a new, free country where people now have a voice and freedom from the government. The … government in order to advance gender equality . ’ (SPEAK, 1982-1977) The many struggles women endured in South Africa …

… the early and mid twentieth century. In this time period, women started working in industrial jobs in large numbers for … were 15,273 women employed in industrial jobs. (Walker, 1982 58) While in these early years South African society was … for higher wages. She often told workers ‘ No matter where you work, unite against low wages”¦unite into an unbreakable …

… 2000s: Women today …