Every year, South Africa celebrates women’s day on the 9th of August. August is a month dedicated to women as a commemoration of the 20 000 women who marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, protesting against the extension of Pass laws to women. DUT Communications department’s Mbuso Kunene had a chat with the university community on their thoughts about Women’s Day and the month of August (Women’s month).

This is what they (DUT community) had to say:

1.Tanya Dayaram, Project officer at PPT and Doctorate Candidate.
“Women are not empowered the way it should be in South Africa, so for me, this is just another free day”.

2. Nomfundo Buthelezi , Civil Engineering 1st year student.
“This day is important to me because those women showed courage to fight for their rights and the day is worth celebrating. Those 20 000 women must be honoured because they did what men failed to do”.

3. Thato Moshoeshoe, Electrical Engineering 2nd year student.
“We must celebrate women, they are the most important people in our lives. We must be embrace women even if it is not the month of August”.

4. Success Mathe, Quantity Surveying & Construction management 1st-year student.
“ We must celebrate the great work done by women, we must celebrate their role in our democracy”.

5. Peace Nikwe, Electrical Engineering 2nd year student.
“We must celebrate this day, although we are living in a democratic country, there are still challenges of inequality faced by women in this country. Awareness of women’s contribution towards achieving our democracy is needed every day”.