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THE centrality of motherhood, ubufazi, and the traditional roles occupied by women shaped the ways in which women entered the political arena and their conception of identity struggles around gender and race. Black women within the black church made use of their women and mother groups as an entry point for their political participation. Interrogating this is critical in destabilising rigid modes of theorising black women’s reliance on motherhood and ubufazi as legitimate political identities.

With the change in South Africa’s political climate and