Women at the forefront
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The sweetener is this Ȃ including the Wvicotmoreynb’syAfraincyaaCnuap oafnNyatniaonast othnefowreeigkns sleoaildȂinhgastota, kaennd pdluarcienign, WTohmeseen’ms Majornstthr.ides must go a long way to prove to women and girls Ainntdhitshrlaonudghthhaatrtdhweyoarkreaennyothuignhg. is possible. ut we should not fool ourselves, because there’s still a Mlotanofdweloarwk eto’rbeeredaolnisei.ngikteheNrelsaorne monrehoiflltshteo bcliigmgbes. t challenges as beayndinisgmtoanwtolimngethne’sAeNmCainsctoipgaitvieomn csyestsetmo s“tuhaalittbyleodckucwaotimonenanfrdoem“uaca-l ecWoneoamlsiochoapvpeoortuurnwitioersk. cut out to accelerate the eradication of gender-based violence ȋ Ȍ. This can only be achieved through, better law enforcement, public awareness and edniaclougruaegwinigthbemtteenr, awnidthmaofroeceufsfeocntivIteids iismpupteeraretisvoeluthtiaotnwmoemtheondȋsa.nd choimldmreunnȌiatrieȂs.anndefeoefl tȂhseafceoirnnoeurrpstoolniteicsaol pf athrteyAaNndC’lseabdluerepofrisnotciaestya, the National Democratic evoludtiiosncr, iims itnhaetieolnimainndathioenaottfaginemndeenrt souf bajescotceidettyowsohceiarel bwaorrmieerns, arsethneoyt seek to achieve the ideal of self-deteIrtmisinoautironv.iew that a conducive and fertile environment must be tchrWeaihrteewtdhinteogrsemwneaitnbhlloeikuwetogitmatoer-nknteooetps, pwinrogemaodreWneaarreeanfotrtcheetoDzwbearke, domination by men. cskeoconned-wcliatshs. citiensdz we are often made to look and feel like. iven our population dynamics, the elevation of women nisaatunroal-lbyr. ainer and ought to come
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6o0f .3104.7m5ilmlioinll.ioAnboaurte5w1.o1mpenr caenndt ambaoluet. 4W8o.9mpenr caernetionrt2h9e.3m9amjoilrliotyn. sIsthecsotuoalrnd,debsepteoe“criueaalalsyroeinprptehosaleittn,ictinast,eitovhneroyef swtorimdens,KifZnNothmaosrtea.kTehnissihs owuhlydtbhe applauded, while setting the tone foAr ontuhmerbperoovfinstcueds.ies have shown that women are better leaders. beavridsetnecsetiomf othniys atobothunedfsa,cwt hthicaht hpiacrhwticoimpaetnivleesatdyelersotfelnedadtoerasdhoip,twa is more transformational than that faodcoupstoendbbuyilmdineng.rWelaotmioennshliepasdaenrds upsaussailolynh, acvoell“abuoalriatiteios,ns,uscehnassitcivoimty-, eanmdpaltshoye, ninhtaunitcieonthaensdelcf-rweaotritvhitoyf, otWh erhsa. ve a task to dig deep and find talented female comrades, harness themir pboecteanutsiea,lu, altnimdastheolyw, thfaeiytharine e“ually capable. doWcuhmileenittitshiempprogrtraensst otourncootuenatnrdy has made over the years, since the idsebmeococrmaitnicgdiniscprenasaintigolyniimn p1o9r9t4a,nit toh emnsuerlevetshartewfleocmteednianntdhgisirclsousenetry’nseleoafdtehreshwipay. s in which we can help make this a reality is by celebrating the efforts of our women tlehatdoefrtshaeisr maulcehcoausnwteerpcaerltesbȂrnaotet aonrleygduularrinbgaWsiso.men’s Month, but on
We need to thank these women on wthheoirsecosuhroauglde,earns dwfeosrtathnedptordicaeylefossr sacrifices that they have made in Ȃpuarnsduictoonftfirneueedotommaankdedienmvoacrrioaucys secutot rits mofusotnu’ttheAnfdritchaenreli.fe. thWeme ,maunsdtraelgseonseereatketotheemrusllaikte them, so that their spirit multiplies toWhelmp cursetatneoat bfoetrtgeertsocrietatyk. e for granted that women in outh Afritcraugpglaleyefodrae“puroalmrignhetnstloronlgebienfothre any formal women’s organisations caImt iseiimntpoobrteaintgt.o note that, as early faisrs1t9m12as, sinpwashsaivt ewraesspisrtoabnacbelcyatmhepaign in the country, it was women awshtorikgeotatgoaginestht setraarvnadtitonokwpagaerst.in pidreontteitsytepdasasgeasi,nwshtichhavwihnigtetowocamrerny wIenre19n1o8t r, eit“wuiarsedChtoardlo.tte Maeke Wwomwenh’soosrtgaartneidsathioenf,irthsteforamntaul erens’sist ethaegupea,sws lhaiwchs.was created to mIannthyein1s9t3a0nscaensdo1f9m40assthperroetwesetrse, pjWoaiornmtitcheipena’AsteNdeC.aagynud1e9bw4ya31s, w9fo4or8mm, etehnde,cwAouNitlChd IdAasMthtwe anoautahs Aitsfrfiicrasnt priesstiodreynt.nelin’es wterubgsigtlerbeemcainmdesmuso,rtehme iwliotamntelin’es inTthoeu1s9a5n0ds.s of black, coloured and Indian women took part in the Defiance Campaign in 1952, which adpealirbthereaidtelacwons.traventiniovnolovfepdethtye