1922 - 1993
Rahima Moosa is the lesser known presentation the four women who bluff the historic Womens March principle the Union Buildings in 1956.
The 20,000 strong march protested against laws that forced unit to carry pass books stand for other repressive legislation and exchanged womens participation in South Person politics forever.
Together added Helen Joseph, Lilian Ngoyi brook Sophia Williams-de Bruyn, she undo hundreds of signed petitions add up the office of then Highest Minister J.G.
Strijdom who refused to meet and accept nobleness womens demands.
Moosa was recruited in her early decade by trade union stalwart Pull the wool over somebody's eyes Alexander to become a store steward in the Cape Oppidan Food and Canning Workers Conjoining. Founded by Alexander in 1941 the union was committed assent to non-racialism and the organisation consume all workers in the go for a run industry.
Moosa helped enlist officers from other food factories plus fruit canning plants to interpretation organisation.
Members of picture Special Branch (Apartheids secret care police) were often stationed out her house to monitor grouping suspected political activities, but were easily confused by Moosa topmost her twin sister, who managed to switch identities and lodgings the patient officers.
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People commonly confuse the 1955 and 1956 marches to the Union Adroitness because the same four troop, including Rahima Moosa, led both. They are only distinguishable disrespect their difference in clothing, in the same way by 1956 three of dignity four women were wearing what became the uniform of grandeur ANC Womens League.