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Statement of the ANC Women's League, 15 August 2013 Conferring of the Freedom of the City of Johannesburg on Cde Sophie Williams De Bruyn The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) welcomes the conferring of the Freedom of the City of Johannesburg on a veteran of the women's struggles, Imbokodo and ANCWL National Executive Committee member, Comrade Sophie Williams De Bruyn. Together with Comrades Lillian Ngoyi, Raheema Moosa and Helen Joseph, Comrade Sophie De Bruyn helped to organize the more than 20,000 women of all races, who participated in the historic march against the pass laws in 1956. It is these women and their heroism that our country continues to commemorate annually on the 9th August. The ANCWL therefore regards and appreciates the Freedom of the City bestowed upon Comrade Sophie as an honour conferred to celebrate, broadly, the role women from all walks of life have played in ushering in of our democratic dispensation. As we mark 100 years of women's struggles for liberation from all forms of oppression, the ANCWL remains committed to pursuing the objectives of gender equality and a truly non-sexist society. Indeed, South Africa is a better place for women today than it was in 1994 however much more still remains to be done. To ensure that tomorrow is better than today, the ANCWL welcomes the partnership with government in recognizing the role and struggles of women and calls for even greater cooperation with all social partners in the quest for the total emancipation of women. Issued by: Nosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi ANCWL Deputy President Enquiries: Khusela Sangoni-Khawe Acting Spokesperson 079 510 5408 -- -- You are subscribed. This footer can help you. Please POST your comments to [email protected] or reply to this message. You can visit the group WEB SITE at http://groups.google.com/group/yclsa-eom-forum for different delivery options, pages, files and membership. To UNSUBSCRIBE, please email [email protected] . You don't have to put anything in the "Subject:" field. You don't have to put anything in the message part. All you have to do is to send an e-mail to this address (repeat): [email protected] . --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "YCLSA Discussion Forum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
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