Wathint’ abafazi, Wathint’ imbokodo! If you strike a woman, you strike a rock!
During August, South Africa celebrates the inspiring women (past and present) who have fought for women’s rights. MIET AFRICA is proud to highlight that its work has a strong focus on the upliftment of girl children and young women, reducing gender-based violence and other crimes committed against our female population. We strive to ensure equality, particularly when it comes to ensuring the right to education.
“Every year on 9 August we celebrate Women’s Day in South Africa, a public holiday that pays homage to the women of our nation; – the mothers, the wives, the sisters and the daughters who fought tirelessly against the tyranny of the Apartheid government.
“Inaugurated in 1994, along with a free, democratic South Africa, the public holiday commemorates a 1956 protest lead by Lilian Ngoyi,