South Africa Marks 70th Women’s March Anniversary Amid Ongoing Crises
Seventy years after Sophie Williams-de Bruyn and 20,000 women marched on Pretoria’s Union Buildings against apartheid pass laws, South African leaders and survivors marked National Women’s Day on August 9, 2026, confronting a modern landscape marred by soaring unemployment, gender-based violence, and systemic inequality. Seventy years ago, Sophie Williams-de Bruyn was 18 years old when … Read more