‘Women hold up half the sky’: Chinese Embassy and Dirco officials celebrate Women’s Month in Pretoria

As South Africa celebrates Women’s Month, the embassy of China and senior officials of the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (Dirco) gathered in Pretoria at a prestigious commemoration honouring women of both sisterly nations.The month of August is set aside as Women’s Month in South Africa, marking the 68th anniversary of the historic march of thousands of South African women from all walks of life to the Union Buildings in 1956 in protest against the introduction of apartheid pass laws for black women in 1952.The month-long commemoration in South Africa takes…