Like natural childbirth or climbing a particularly steep incline to reach a vantage point that offers a spectacular view, human beings tend to forget the pain that came before the gain. Today, most reasonable people accept that women enjoy and are entitled to the same rights as men. Terms such as "patriarchy", "chairwoman" and "gender equity", so peripheral to public discourse only ten years ago, are commonplace.
We also think nothing really of the long and illustrious list of women leaders who feature in the South African political landscape. They're here, they're doing their jobs and that's that. This role call includes Patricia de Lille, Helen Zille, Lynne Brown, Zanele KwaMagaza-Msibi, Nosiviwe Madlala-Routledge and many, many others.
You'd be hard pressed to find anyone who would insist that these women occupy these positions through some sort of special favour. Then there are lesser-known names - Tinyiko Nwamitwa-Shilubana, Nomawele Njongo or Gabie Hassam, for example, - ordinary women who effected seismic shifts in our society. Read More...
source: Marianne Thamm, News 24
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