Celebrating Women's Day: Parliament Reflects on the Legacy of the 1956 Women’s March

Celebrating Women's Day: Parliament reflects on the legacy of the 1956 Women’s March

Is National Women’s Day Worth Celebrating or Is It Another Reminder of a Broken System?

The year is 2025, and South Africa’s women and children cry out in silence. Their suffering is rampant, yet too often unheard. This August 9 should not be a celebration but a call to action. Day after day, injustice strikes: from relatives or supposed safe spaces. Our marches, petitions, and pleas may not yet have moved the government, but they honour those who marched before us, keeping their legacy alive. As a woman and especially a woman of c…

Women's Month | Female officers re-enact 1956 women's march

Women's Month | Female officers re-enact 1956 women's march Thandeka.Mthethwa Sat, 08/09/2025 - 10:13 JOHANNESBURG - Over 1500 female law enforcement officers are retracing history in Pretoria.They're marching from Tshwane House to the Union Buildings in honour of the 1956 protest against apartheid pass laws.The 2 kilometre parade re-enacts the day when more than twenty-thousand women stood up for freedom.eNCA reporter Lindiwe Mpanza has the de…