EMPOWERED WOMEN EMPOWER THE NATION: MINISTER SINDISIWE CHIKUNGA TO LAUNCH 70TH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION OF HISTORIC 1956 WOMEN’S MARCH
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PRETORIA — The Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Sindisiwe Chikunga, will officially launch the country’s 70-Year Commemoration of the historic 1956 Women’s March this coming Friday, 29 May 2026.
The high-profile launch, hosted at the Freedom Park Heritage Site and Museum in Pretoria, marks the official commencement of a comprehensive national program of activities designed to honor one of South Africa's most pivotal liberation milestones.
The year-long national mobilization strategy falls under the institutional banner of National Milestones events, operating under the centralized government theme: "Honouring the past, delivering the future."
The core driving force behind the national 70th-anniversary calendar is to preserve and amplify the legacy of the legendary frontliners of 1956. Seven decades ago, more than 20,000 women of all racial, socioeconomic, and geographic backgrounds marched in absolute defiance to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, uniting to reject the apartheid regime’s oppressive urban influx control pass laws.
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