The anti-pass campaign was a series of protests last several years but leading to withdrawal of pass laws of the time.

This is Dorothy Nyembe. She is the longest serving woman political prisoner for her role in the struggle. She was a leader in the Women's League Natal branch and was one of the earliest mobilizes of rural and grass roots movement. She is one of Mam' Nomzamo's heroes.

Poqokazi, Nomvo Booi was the first woman to go under ground when the military wing of the PAC was formed on 11 September. She was also a courier and headed up the welfare section in exile in between assembling an AK.

This is Madie Nobantu Hall Xuma. She was the president of the Women's League while her husband AB was it's president. She also founded the YWCA whose leaders would later include Ellen Kuzwayo.

Frances Baard was a unionist and among the women who marched on this day in 1956. She was a leader in the Food and Canning Workers Union and SACTU. She was arrested in 63 and spent a year in solitary confinement. In 64 she was sentenced to 5 years. In 69 she was banished to PTA.

Gertrude Shope was a leader in the Jabavu branch of FSAW. She was secretary of the ANC Women's section in exile and was the co-founder of the magazine Voice of Women.

Ntsiki Biko keeps a low profile but she met her husband Steve through her cousin and founding secretary general of SASO Vuyelwa Mashalaba. She advances the ideas of the Black Community Programs through the foundation she established in her late husband's memory.

Ntsiki Biko faced harrassment for wanting answers re her husband's murder in 1977. She also was responsible for setting up and running youth programs in Ginsberg. I hear a biography on her life is in the works.

So it is hard finding stories of women. They are often just the wives of their more prominent husbands. It is even harder finding women not linked to men. But here's one, Beverly Ditsie who delivered her historic speech to the UN re LGBT rights this year 25 years ago.

This year marked 40 years since Lilian Ngoyi's passing (13 March). She was the first woman elected to the ANC NEC. She is among the 4 women who led the 20000 strong march on this day in 1956. She was smuggled out of the country in 1955 to attend a Women's convention in Europe.

Media Statement: Minister Ambassador Nathi Mthethwa has approved the name change of Brandfort to Winnie Mandela. The name change was Gazetted on Friday, 6 Aug in terms of Section 10 (2) of the South African Geographical Names Council Act (Act No 118 0f 1998). #GeographicalNameChanges

The late struggle stalwart Winnie Mandela was banished to the small town by the apartheid government in 1977. sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-afr…

Brandfort renamed after struggle icon Winnie Mandela dlvr.it/S5CGSx

Ewu, what you are saying hurts because we actually dont know anything about Aunty Sophie beyond 9 August. In fact the interest in her over the past couple of years is because Ma Sisulu had passed on. There is so much more to her yet they only ever pay attention on 9 August.

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I am the second black female President of the University of Pretoria 🥺. Ke Modimo 🙏

As President Cyril Ramaphosa moved SA to lockdown level 1 from Friday, he announced that the health department was gearing up to issue mandatory vaccination certificates for travel and access to gatherings. timeslive.co.za/politics/2021-…

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