South Africa: Laws That Changed History - Honouring 70 Years of Women's Struggle

[SAnews.gov.za] "An unjust law is no law at all," this is a famous maxim attributed to St. Augustine; one of the most influential philosophers in history. It was also repeated by a well-known civil rights movement leader and activist Martin Luther King Jr who even took it further to say people have a moral responsibility to non-violently disobey unjust laws as they go against human dignity and fairness.