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Die pragtige dames van FML in die Kaapstad kantoor sluit in (v.l.n.r.): Joyce Kotze (versekerings-admin), Molleen Marais (ontvangsdame), Karyn Hendricks (dokumentasie klerk), Karen Reid (logistieke en kontrakte admin), Luzaan du Preez (sekuriteite en streek-admin), Marlise Delport (streek-admin) en Suzanne Fourie (logistieke en kontrakte admin). You are welcome to e-mail staff related stories and information to elvera@farmsecure.co.za Stuur asseblief alle personeel verwante stories en informasie na elvera@farmsecure.co.za Chief Editor Chantal Yazbek, Elvera Strydom Sub-editor & Writer, Layout & Design Dieter Strumpher, Published by Farmsecure Holdings (PTY) LTD.
Events National Women’s Day, 9 August South Africa’s National Women’s Day on the 9th of August is not only a public holiday for everybody to enjoy and relax, but is a day dedicated to remembering the women who made a diff erence in the history of building our nation to where it today, and give thanks to all the ladies who are currently playing a part in promoting women’s rights (no matter who you are or where you come from ... yes girls, that includes you and me). This day commemorates the national march of women on the 9th of August in 1956 to petition against legislation that required African persons to carry the “pass”, special identifi cation documents which curtailed an African’s freedom of movement during the apartheid era. If you didn’t know, on this day 20,000 women staged a march on the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest against the proposed amendments to the Urban Areas Act (commonly known as the pass laws) of 1950. They left bundles of petitions containing more than 100,000 signatures at Prime Minister J.G. Strijdom’s offi ce door. Outside, they stood silently for 30 minutes, many with their children on their backs. The women sang a protest song that was composed in honour of the occasion: “Wathint’Abafazi Wathint’imbokodo!” which translates into “Now you have touched the women, you have struck a rock”. In the 54 years since, the phrase (or its latest incarnation: “you strike a woman, you strike a rock”) has come to represent women’s courage and strength in South Africa. The march was led by Lilian Ngoyi, Helen Joseph, Rahima Moosa and Sophia Williams-De Bruyn, and another participant included Frances Baard, a statue of whom was unveiled by Northern Cape Premier Hazel Jenkins in Kimberley (Frances Baard District Municipality) on National Women’s Day 2009. Since 9 August 1994, the day became South Africa’s annual National Women’s Day. We would like to encourage all Farmsecure’s female staff to send us feedback on what you did on this special day dedicated to the women of South Africa. For more information, please visit: http://www.info.gov.za/aboutsa/holidays.htm#09august http://www.sahistory.org.za/pages/governence-projects/womens-struggle/struggle6.htm Sourced by Elvera Strydom Chief Editor Chantal Yazbek, Elvera Strydom Sub-editor & Writer, Layout & Design Dieter Strumpher, Published by Farmsecure Holdings (PTY) LTD.
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