Let us all celebrate women while recognising the barriers they face

By Opinion | Published Aug 14, 2022

As we mark Women’s Month in South Africa, we should all celebrate women who led purposeful action to redress inequality in the hope of a better future for their communities, children and themselves. We pay tribute to more than 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 in a protest against the extension of the Pass laws to women.