A saying that is used almost each and every day, but it is used mostly during August, we all know the reason for this. This is the time of women like Lillian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, and Sophie Williams and Albertina Sisulu. These are the women who were very vocal, and who were leading thousands of women who took in their own that something had to be done regarding the pass laws against women. Deliver petition to JG Strijdom, while embarking on this march they were singing a song.... “Wathinta abafazi wathint’imbokdo.... uzokufa” 
However this was not the only march that women embarked on, they also went to the union buildings and stood there quietly for one hour and thirty minutes, this just shows determination and courage. One thing we must remember that these were working women, some were carrying children in their backs and some even took their white employers children with.
Dora Tamana, a member of the ANC Women’s League and a founding member of the Federation of South African Women, declared:
“We, women, will never carry these passes. This is something that touches my heart. I appeal to you young Africans to come forward and fight. These passes make the road even narrower for us. We have seen unemployment, lack of accommodation and families broken because of passes. We have seen it with our men. Who will look after our children when we go to jail for a small technical offence -- not having a pass?”
Translation: “You strike a woman, you strike a rock.........you die”
sources:
http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/1956-womens-march-pretoria-9-august
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