Women'S Day 2024 South African Flag. It is a public holiday commemorating the famous 1956 march of 20,000. Each year on women’s day, we commemorate the historic march of more than 20,000 women to the union buildings on the 9th of august 1956 to protest against the.

“celebrating 30 years of democracy towards women’s development” marks the 68th anniversary of the. We also pay tribute to the more than 20 000 women who marched to the union buildings on 9 august 1956 in protest.