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South Africa’s Women's Day marks the anniversary of the great women's march of 1956, where women marched to the Union Buildings to protest against the carrying of pass books.
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South Africa’s Women's Day marks the anniversary of the great women's march of 1956, where women marched to the Union Buildings to protest against the carrying of pass books.
South Africa’s Women’s Day honors the courageous women who led a monumental march in 1956 against the apartheid government’s oppressive “pass laws.”