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HAPPY GATHERING

A little magic happened at a Gathering Bag workshop held at The Women’s Library on Saturday March 1st. The muse behind the magic, and co-author together with Sue Hollingsworth of the book of the same name, Dr Marlene Winberg shares her reflections…

SPINNING A YARNIE

Within a few, short weeks of Knit & Natter being founded as a component of Woman Zone’s EVERYWOMAN project two years ago – it just grew, like a piece of knitting! Who knew how many secret knitters were out there! Well earlier this year, all Yarnie members were invited to come to one of their monthly Sunday meetings wearing some of their own knitted or crocheted garments. What a woolly fashion show that was! They were also invited to share their knitting stories – here they are so you can relate, be inspired or join up!

NOW WE ARE FIVE

Five years ago a small group of women got together at The Kitchen, a woman owned coffee shop in Woodstock, to discuss ways of sharing, understanding, growing and knowing each other. Last week a core group of the many hundreds of women who’ve been involved in WOMAN ZONE got together at Lelapa, a woman owned restaurant in Langa, to celebrate!

CIRCLING THE CITY

Test driving the new Circle-in- the-City route as it appears on the MapMyWay site – WOMAN ZONE, friends and visitors gathered at the starting point: Charly’s Bakery – icing sugar pink, woman owned coffee shop in Canterbury St….ready to roll…..

I AM WIRE WOMAN…

They designed me in 2016 and I was built by a team of wonderful wire workers at Street Wires. But I was conceived by a whole group of women to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the Women’s March on August 9 1956 when 20,000 women walked to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest the Pass Laws and demand peace, justice and freedom.

THE EVERYWOMAN PROJECT

Part 1: The story behind the epic artwork created by the women of Cape Town. A joint initiative between WOMAN ZONE and ARTSCAPE.

PEACE B FOR BONTEHEUWEL

HAPPY 2ND BIRTHDAY TO THE PEACE GARDEN IN BONTEHEUWEL!!
And there to greet the WOMAN ZONE delegation was founder herself, Soraya Salie – vibrant in her sunflower  outfit – yellow the colour of Peace, because she is also an ambassador for the International Women’s Peace Group.

SHARING SINDIWE

As a Living Legend, and prolific writer, Dr Sindiwe Magona is a national treasure. Her 80th birthday was honoured at the close of The Artscape Women’s Humanity Festival 2023 – the theme of which was appropriately Milestones: Celebrating, Supporting and Empowering Women of Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow. Appropriate because as a woman, Sindiwe qualifies in all three of those categories – and her legacy is timeless.