WOMEN: wise, optimistic, motivating, empowering, nurturing

178pp., paperback, Hoopoe Press, Johannesburg, 2024

ISBN: 9781776489435

Essays on the role women have played in the struggle for liberation and equality, and the challenges that remain.

Contributions include:

"The Rise of Women into Leadership" by Maria Frahm-Arp

"The Journey of the First Black Woman Chartered Accountant in South Africa" by Nonkululeko Gobodo

"An Ode to My Mother" by Lebogang Seale

"Women's Day and the Ongoing Struggle Against Gender Inequality" by Refilwe Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya

"Not Yet Uhuru: The violence faced by women in leadership" by Sibongile Vilakazi.

Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi is Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of Johannesburg.