Seventy years after South Africa’s women’s march, the struggle is not over
Sophie Williams-de Bruyn returned to the Union Buildings 70 years after helping lead South Africa’s historic 1956 women’s march against apartheid pass laws [Courtesy of GCIS]Almost half of those reported rapes, 4,620, or 47.
Johannesburg, South Africa – Seventy years ago, Sophie Williams-de Bruyn was 18 when she joined about 20,000 women marching to the Union Buildings, the seat of South Africa’s apartheid government, to protest against the extension of the pass laws to Black women.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa attends the National Women’s Day commemoration, marking the 70th anniversary of the 1956 women’s march [Courtesy of GCIS]In poorer and rural communities, those pressures are often compounded by limited access to land, productive resources and reliable public services.
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