This year's Women's Day looks set to be eclipsed by the aftermath of last Wednesday's local government elections.
President Jacob Zuma is expected to address the National Women's Day celebration event tomorrow at the Union Buildings in Pretoria while his party will likely be negotiating with opposition parties about coalitions.
The silent #RememberKhwezi protest by four women while Zuma spoke at the Independent Electoral Commission's (IEC) results centre on Saturday evening will also still be top of mind.
Khwezi was the name given to the woman who accused Zuma of rape. Zuma was acquitted in 2006.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the iconic 1956 march by 20 000 women on the Union Buildings.
The women delivered a petition to the apartheid government against its legislation requiring Africans to carry identity documents when in town.
Secretary-general of the ANC Women's League, Meokgo Matuba, said the organisation will join the national event at the Union Buildings tomorrow.
The league will have its own events marking the 60th anniversary later in August, said Matuba.
These will highlight the challenges women in SA still face, she said.
"When you look at the statistics of domestic violence, you realise that women still have serious problems," said Matuba.
"We don't feel safe in our homes and outside. You know that you're an easy target as a woman. There's much that needs to be done."
Interim leader of the Democratic Alliance Women's Network Denise Robinson said their organisation will not have a major Women's Day event tomorrow but will have celebrations later this month.
"As you can understand, everybody is preoccupied with the elections at the moment," said Robinson.
"We will focus on women's rights. Rape is something that continues to concern us.
"I really applaud those women [who protested at the IEC centre], who stood up and were able to point to President Zuma."
According to the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, veteran of the 1956 Women's March, Sophia Williams-de Bruyn will lay wreaths at the graves of her comrades, Helen Joseph and Lillian Ngoyi, at Avalon Cemetery in Soweto today. She will then go to the Newclare Cemetery where struggle stalwarts Rahima Moosa and Albertina Sisulu are buried.
On Saturday, Williams-de Bruyn will address young leaders at Museum Africa in Newtown, Johannesburg, to commemorate the march.
Women's Day suffers from election hangover
This year's Women's Day looks set to be eclipsed by the aftermath of last Wednesday's local government elections.
President Jacob Zuma is expected to address the National Women's Day celebration event tomorrow at the Union Buildings in Pretoria while his party will likely be negotiating with opposition parties about coalitions.
The silent #RememberKhwezi protest by four women while Zuma spoke at the Independent Electoral Commission's (IEC) results centre on Saturday evening will also still be top of mind.
Khwezi was the name given to the woman who accused Zuma of rape. Zuma was acquitted in 2006.
This year marks the 60th anniversary of the iconic 1956 march by 20 000 women on the Union Buildings.
The women delivered a petition to the apartheid government against its legislation requiring Africans to carry identity documents when in town.
Secretary-general of the ANC Women's League, Meokgo Matuba, said the organisation will join the national event at the Union Buildings tomorrow.
The league will have its own events marking the 60th anniversary later in August, said Matuba.
These will highlight the challenges women in SA still face, she said.
"When you look at the statistics of domestic violence, you realise that women still have serious problems," said Matuba.
"We don't feel safe in our homes and outside. You know that you're an easy target as a woman. There's much that needs to be done."
Interim leader of the Democratic Alliance Women's Network Denise Robinson said their organisation will not have a major Women's Day event tomorrow but will have celebrations later this month.
"As you can understand, everybody is preoccupied with the elections at the moment," said Robinson.
"We will focus on women's rights. Rape is something that continues to concern us.
"I really applaud those women [who protested at the IEC centre], who stood up and were able to point to President Zuma."
According to the Ahmed Kathrada Foundation, veteran of the 1956 Women's March, Sophia Williams-de Bruyn will lay wreaths at the graves of her comrades, Helen Joseph and Lillian Ngoyi, at Avalon Cemetery in Soweto today. She will then go to the Newclare Cemetery where struggle stalwarts Rahima Moosa and Albertina Sisulu are buried.
On Saturday, Williams-de Bruyn will address young leaders at Museum Africa in Newtown, Johannesburg, to commemorate the march.
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