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Myrtle Witbooi
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“When you ask us, what is it that domestic workers want? The answer is simple: we want what you have, rights, like any other worker.”
Myrtle Witbooi first seen 2021 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Remembering Myrtle. International Domestic Workers Federation (2021).
“In South Africa, the law said, ‘If the master speaks, you listen’. But I went up to the woman I was working for and I said, ‘Look at me, I am a woman, just like you’.”
Myrtle Witbooi first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Myrtle Witbooi, fighter for domestic worker rights. Daily Maverick, 20 January 2023.
“We wanted freedom, but it was not going to be given to us on a golden platter.”
Myrtle Witbooi first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Myrtle Witbooi, fighter for domestic worker rights. Daily Maverick, 20 January 2023.
“When a domestic worker says, ‘But I am not educated?’, I said, don’t let education stop you from what you believe in.”
Myrtle Witbooi first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Myrtle Witbooi, fighter for domestic worker rights. Daily Maverick, 20 January 2023.
“We currently have good labour laws, but there is always room for improvement and this ILO Convention is going to help us. It will also put greater pressure on our government to better apply the laws in place.”
Myrtle Witbooi first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Spotlight interview with Myrtle Witbooi. International Trade Union Confederation, 25 January 2012.
“We now have the right to speak out; we do not have to fear the employers any more. There is a little more freedom for domestic workers, and the new ILO Convention can help us to secure even more freedom.”
Myrtle Witbooi first seen 2012 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Spotlight interview with Myrtle Witbooi. International Trade Union Confederation, 25 January 2012.
“We were fighting together for this freedom, so why must I now stand in front of you and beg you for labour laws for domestic workers?”
Myrtle Witbooi first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The power of speaking out: an interview with South Africa’s pioneering activist for domestic workers’ rights. openDemocracy, 9 February 2018.
“Today we’ve got our dignity and respect. Slaves no more, but workers just like all of us.”
Myrtle Witbooi first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Myrtle Witbooi, fighter for domestic worker rights. Daily Maverick, 20 January 2023.
“I want you to remember me, unite and organise. I want you to remember: if I can do it, you can do it, and together we can sing, Amandla!”
Myrtle Witbooi first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Myrtle Witbooi, fighter for domestic worker rights. Daily Maverick, 20 January 2023.