The last living leader of the 1956 Women's March to Pretoria, Sophie de Bruyn, said there has been very little written about the role of women in the fight against Apartheid.
At the grave sites, she recollected their journeys and how Moosa and Amina Cachalia had to go out to convince the Indian men to allow their wives to participate in the 20 000-strong women’s march in 1956.
“It pacified the Indian men who were worried about their wives. Very little about our struggle and views are written. A lot is missing about the lives of Charlotte Maxeke. A lot is written about our male political icons,” De Bruyn said. According to her, the roles of Moosa and Sisulu in the Struggle was not properly told, unlike their male counterparts who are still featured in the dominant media.
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