In March 1980, students were protesting in two of South Africa 's cities, Cape Town and Johannesburg, mounted a leafleting campaign that called for the release of Nelson Mandela who has been imprisoned on Robben Island for the past 17 years.
This statement is made for 9 August 1981 celebrating twenty fifth anniversary of women's march in Pretoria, written by Medu collective. A reflection of women who took to the streets during that event was a show piece of a militant struggle against fascist rule in South Africa.
