Residents remember Gazo
Gazo was part of the organisers of the women who marched to the Union Buildings in protest against the extension of the hated pass law to women in 1956.
KwaThema – Fallen heroine Margaret Gazo was remembered during a memorial service held in her honour on Saturday.
The event kick-started with a wreath laying at KwaThema Old Cemetery led by the Gazo family.
The proceedings further continued at the KwaThema TVET College to celebrate the life and times of Margaret Gazo.
Gazo was part of the organisers of the women who marched to the Union Buildings in protest against the extension of the hated pass law to women in 1956.
She spent five years in prison for political activism for leading a local anti-pass demonstration and helping to organise the march.
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In 2011, she received The Order of Luthuli in Bronze for her role in the Women’s March to the Union Buildings and for her outstanding leadership and commitment to the ideals of democracy and her contribution to human rights and the struggle against apartheid.
Gaza died on April 8, 1974.
Directorate in the mayor’s office, Lindiwe Khonjelwayo encouraged women to empower themselves through education, to familiarise themselves with the current political landscape and to continue searching for economic opportunities that exists for women.
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The Margaret Gazo memorial session saw a large number of young people showing an interest in knowing who Gazo was and the contribution she made.
Zinhle Mathibela, an engineering student at the KwaThema TVET College, says: “I don’t know who Margaret Gazo is but I am fascinated by her history.
“Listening to the stories told of her life and times makes me want to research more about her and probably follow in her footsteps,” she says.
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