The 1913 Women's Anti-Pass Campaign in Bloemfontein
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In 1913, months after the Natives Land Act, Black women in Bloemfontein launched a sustained campaign against pass laws that would foreshadow later anti-apartheid protests. This episode follows the women of the Orange Free State who refused to carry passes, faced arrest, and filled the courts and prisons in a standoff that lasted months. We look at figures like Naledi Mokoena and the role of the South African Native National Congress, the response by the municipal government, and how this local action connected to broader resistance movements. From the early 1900s pass system to the 1956 women's march, this is a story of determination and the slow grinding of justice. #WomensHistory #SouthAfrica #PassLaws #Bloemfontein #OrangeFreeState #AntiPassCampaign #1913 #NalediMokoena #SANNC #Resistance #Apartheid #ColonialHistory #Protest #CivilDisobedience #Feminism #AfricanHistory #History #FexingoHistory Keep every episode free: buymeacoffee.com/fexingo
