National Women's Day is an annual Public Holiday in South Africa on August 9. A National Women's Day protest at the National University of Lesotho On 9 August 1956, 20 000 women staged a march on the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act (commonly known as the pass laws) of 1950. They left bundles of petitions containing more than 100 000 signatures at prime minister J.G. Strijdom's office doors. Outside they stood … [Read more...]