And finally in South Africa, thousands of people gathered in Pretoria Wednesday to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the march on the Union Buildings. The march is commemorated on South Africa’s Women’s Day in honor of the 20,000 women who marched against a law forcing black South Africans to carry passbooks at all times. The 1956 protest came despite a law banning all unauthorized public gatherings. Wednesday’s anniversary event was led by a group of women veterans of the original march.