Miss SA & Minister host young girls
The Minister of Women in the Presidency, Susan Shabangu and Miss South Africa 2016 Ntandoyenkosi Kunene marched with more than 100 schoolgirls.
More than 100 schoolgirls joined forces today at the Union Buildings in Pretoria with Minister of Women in the Presidency, Susan Shabangu, and Miss South Africa 2016, Ntandoyenkosi Kunene, to honour the historic 1956 Women’s March as part of "Take a Girl Child to Work Day."
At least 50 000 schoolgirls across South Africa were hosted in offices and places of work on Thursday as part of "Take a Girl Child to Work Day."
The event at the Union Buildings honoured the 20 000 women of all races who marched to the Pretoria Union Buildings on August 9, 1956 to present a petition to the then prime minister J G Strijdom.
In it they demanded an end to an apartheid law requiring women to carry passes.
