New York: New York University Press, 2018. South African Zionist Federation. [8] In May 1964, Kenyatta rejected a back-benchers resolution calling for speedier federation. [9] In 2010, the EAC launched its own common market for goods, labour and capital within the region, with the goal of a common currency by 2013 and full political federation in 2015. One of the first protests that FEDSAW coordinated took place on October 27th, 1955 outside the Pretoria Union Buildings, which form the official seat of the South African government as well as the offices of the President of South Africa. [16] Police violence also became increasingly violent. The South African Virtual Philatelic Exhibition, a one-frame exhibition, will take place under the auspices of the Philatelic Federation of South Africa on 22 August 2020. Its founding was spear-headed by Lillian Ngoyi. [26] It made clear that the struggle to emancipate women from discriminatory laws and conventions should be an intrinsic part of any general liberatory struggle.[27].
[5], At 2,467,202 square kilometres (952,592 sq mi), the East African Federation (EAF) would be the largest country in Africa and 10th-largest in the world. [1], Swahili would be the lingua franca while the second official language would be English. Jodi O'Brien Encyclopedia of Gender and Society 1452266026- 2008 - "Founded initially as an individual membership organization, in time FEDSAW became a federation of affiliate organizations. With a population of 178,978,883 as of 2018, it would also be the second most populous nation in Africa (after Nigeria) and eighth in the world. [30], FEDSAW was composed of over 130 delegates from various local, national, and foreign organizations:[31][32], In 1956, the top leadership of the Congress Alliance were arrested and prosecuted in the mammoth Treason trial.
[4] During this informal meeting, a clear concern for issues regarding women and the welfare of their families were expressed - pass laws, which segregated and strictly regulated the movement of black and coloured people. Nelson, Barbara J., and Caudhurī Nājamā (1994). It states the names of the new organization. "The Women's Charter | South African History Online". The South African police opened fire on the crowd, killing 69 and injuring 180; many were shot in the back as they fled, this was known as the Sharpeville Massacre. [15], In February 2016, Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni described the union as “the number one target that we should aim at”. The East African Federation (Swahili: Shirikisho la Afrika Mashariki) is a proposed political union of the six sovereign states of the East African Community – Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda – as a single federated sovereign state. [34], Between March and August 1956, FEDSAW planned to host a mass protest at the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa.
FEDSAW is notable because of its achievement in creating one of the first broad-based women's organizations in the country's history. Rachel Simons, trade unionist and member of the South African Communist Party, Frances Baard, of the African Food and Canning Workers Union, and Florence Matomela, president of the ANC Women’s League (ANCWL) in the Eastern Cape, organized an informal gathering of women at the Port Elizabeth Annual Trades and Labour council conference. [23], FEDSAW oriented itself from the beginning towards the policies of the Congress alliance and participated in the national liberation movement. “Chapter 41: Women’s Charter and Aims - Federation of South African Women.” In Feminist Manifestos: A Global Documentary Reader, edited by Penny A. Weiss, 204–8. The union's proposed currency would be the East African shilling, which according to a 2013 published report is slated to become the common currency of five of the six member countries by 2023.