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1956 March
Background on March
The year 2006 marks the 50th anniversary of the women march to the Union Building in 1956 to protest against the extension of passes to the women by the Apartheid regime. Thousands of women from all over South Africa, representing all racial groups and classes descended on Pretoria to demonstrate their resentment of such laws.
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In commemorating this historic event, our democratic government has declared the year 2006, as the year of the women of South Africa. In the making of the women’s year, a campaign is soon to be launched to popularise, promote and recognise women who have made significant contributions in the liberation struggle and in other spheres of life. This year’s long event would run under the theme: Age of Hope: Through Struggle to Freedom.
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