By Johnathan Paoli
As the country commemorates Women’s Month, President Cyril Ramaphosa has called for women from all walks of life to play a leading role in the upcoming National Dialogue process, set to be launched at the National Convention in Pretoria this Friday.
In his weekly message to the nation, Ramaphosa reflected on the legacy of the 1956 Women’s March on the Union Buildings, framing it as both a protest against apartheid-era pass laws and a “powerful assertion of women’s agency”.
“From the protests against the pass laws, to the so-called beer hall protests of 1959, to the rent boycotts of the 1980s, to the contemporary protest movements against gender-based violence, South African women have a proud history of standing up and being counted,” he said.
The National Dialogue is intended to bring together individuals and organisations from across society to find “common ground and new solutions” for South
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