National Women's Day in South Africa

April 17, Wednesday

National Women's Day is a South African public holiday celebrated annually on 9 August. The day commemorates the 1956 march of approximately 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country's pass laws that required South Africans defined as "black" under The Population Registration Act to carry an internal passport, known as a passbook, that served to maintain population segregation, control urbanisation, and manage migrant labour during the apartheid era.

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National Women's Day in South Africa in other years

2021 April 17, Saturday
2022 April 17, Sunday
2023 April 17, Monday
2025 April 17, Thursday

National Women's Day in South Africa in other countries

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