The ANC Women’s League president‚ Bathabile Dlamini‚ said the organisation will not stop calling for a woman president until it happens in South Africa.
Dlamini was delivering a message on behalf of the league at the funeral of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg.
Addressing Madikizela-Mandela‚ Dlamini said: “We must confess; we have allowed patriarchy to oppress you.”
The ANC Women’s League in the 1990s pushed for Madikizela-Mandela to be elected to the top leadership of the ANC and the country but failed in its attempt.
The league’s efforts to have a woman elected at the ANC’s last conference in December 2017 also fell flat.
Dlamini said they request that a day be set aside as Winnie Mandela Day to commemorate her life.
“Your spirit will live on‚” she said to the deceased leader
Give us a Winnie Mandela Day‚ says ANC Women’s League
Dlamini was delivering a message on behalf of the league at the funeral of Winnie Madikizela-Mandela at the Orlando Stadium in Johannesburg.
Addressing Madikizela-Mandela‚ Dlamini said: “We must confess; we have allowed patriarchy to oppress you.”
The ANC Women’s League in the 1990s pushed for Madikizela-Mandela to be elected to the top leadership of the ANC and the country but failed in its attempt.
The league’s efforts to have a woman elected at the ANC’s last conference in December 2017 also fell flat.
Dlamini said they request that a day be set aside as Winnie Mandela Day to commemorate her life.
“Your spirit will live on‚” she said to the deceased leader
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