Women in the Struggle
Video Interviews
"Men [had] to think 'Well, if do this I might lose my job and the family will starve,' and they weren't as free as we were ..." Video interview segment with Lettie Malindi, Barbara Versfeld, Ruth Noel Robb [1:33]
May 23, 2005
SABC Truth Commission: Special Report interview with three women detainees - Kate Serokolo, Zubeida Jaffer, and Shirley Gunn
[11:26]
August 11, 1996
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August 11, 1996
"I realized how much I had been carrying the baggage of being discriminated against - I really felt that I didn't belong, I didn't have the right to sit on a lovely porch that overlooks the beach." Video interview segment with Ntombizandile Tshaballa [4:31]
July 24, 2006
Images
Political Art: "A woman's place is in the struggle, not behind bars!"By TOPS for the Detainees' Parents Support Committee, Johannesburg 1988
Political Art: "Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW). Western Cape Region launched on 29 August 1987."By FEDSAW, Western Cape August 29, 1989
"But why must we go? Asks a tiny girl who doesn't know why her mother is banned"By Phyllis Naidoo Collection July 18, 1971
Summary
African women faced dual oppression, because of both their race and their gender. The migrant labor system meant that many African women could not obtain permits to live in cities with their husbands, so they were forced to remain in rural areas, caring for their children there. In political organizing, too, men sometimes did not treat women as equals. However, women made significant contributions to the struggle against apartheid.Web Documents
Book Chapter/Excerpt: "Migrant Labour and Segregation", For their Triumphs and for their Tears: Women in Apartheid South Africa
By Hilda Bernstein 1978, 1985
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By Hilda Bernstein 1978, 1985
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Magazine Article: "Where Shall I Go?", The Black Sash
By David Rabkin February 1975
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By David Rabkin February 1975
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Magazine Article: "Permission Withdrawn, Brief Human Story of Removal", The Black Sash
June 1972
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June 1972
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Resource: South Africa: Truth and Reconciliation
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