Keep Women’s Day Political, Says Zuma

National Women’s Day must remain a political holiday, ANC President Jacob Zuma, said here. “August 9th is and should remain a highly political holiday,” Zuma told an ANC Women’s League rally in Welkom in the Free State province on Saturday.

The ANC president said National Women’s Day should be protected against being “diluted” to suit commercial interests.

“National Women’s Day is the celebration of the role and contribution of women to public life, in the struggle for freedom, in the building of a new non-racial and democratic South Africa and in building our future.” Speaking at a half-filled Zuka Baloi Stadium in Welkom, Zuma said the day should be protected from being “de-politicized” of which signs were already evident.

“These (efforts) appears to be designed to turn the day into something frivolous, similar to either Valentine’s Day or Mother’s Day.” Zuma said.

National Women’s Day, a public holiday, should remain as a dedication to the heroism of women in the past and the “critical importance of women’s struggle” in the South Africa in future.

Source African Press Agency

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