Women’s March in 1956

On the 9th August 1956, twenty thousand women marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria South Africa in protest of the pass laws. These women refused to abide by the law that belittled women and confined them only to the kitchens as slaves to their male counterparts. They refused to be labelled the weaker sex. They succeeded in challenging the very Apartheid government, whilst still holding down jobs and raising their children. Fifty years later, women from all walks of life, and colour celebrated the extraordinary lengths these courageous women went to to, ensure women’s freedom and recognition as mothers of the country.