The 50th Anniversary of the original protest. A march reenactment is held.
On one of the many celebrated National Women’s Day occasions, the Malibongwe Embokodweni statue is erected to honor the event in 1956.
The holiday was written as a national holiday and it was celebrated for the very first time commemorating it.
More than 20,000 women had a peaceful protest on the Union Buildings to protest the Urban Areas Act of 1950.
