Women’s Day recognizes the 9th of August 1956, when approximately 20,000 marched to protest legislation which would have been used to tighten control of black women in urban areas. They left petitions containing more than 100,000 signatures at the Prime Minister’s doorstep, and stood in silence for 30 minutes before singing “Wathint’Abafazi Wathint’imbokodo!” (Now you have touched the women, you have struck a rock.)
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