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And as I continued... 

to write what it is that the Lord was downloading and releasing...

I began to see a picture of June 16th, I began to see a picture of Hector Pieterson... 

the South African school boy who was shot and killed during the Soweto uprising [1976].

And as I began to listen to the Lord, the Lord said:

June 16th 2020... 

will mark a different kind of celebration in South Africa. 

I was struck by the fact that I am receiving this picture of Hector Pieterson today, on the 12th of May, and only to discover as the Lord led that Sam Nzima, the brilliant South African photojournalist who took this winning image also died on this day, the 12th of May, in 2018. And as I listened, the Lord said:

I am restoring and changing the image of South Africa

I am changing the image of Africa.

There will be a new image in South Africa.

The Lord said:

June 16th 2020 will mark a new kind of celebration in South Africa.

And just as I continued to listen further to where this is going...

I began to hear the word Lillian Ngoyi! 

Lillian Ngoyi was one of the women who led the 9th August 1956 March of approximately 20,000 women to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to petition against the country's pass laws that required South Africans defined as 'black' under The Population Registration Act, to carry an internal passport, known as a pass, that served to maintain population segregation, control urbanisation, and manage migrant labour during the Apartheid era.

Wathint' abafazi, wathint' imbokodo! 

(You strike a woman, you strike a rock.)

A phrase that has become representative of the courage of women...

and strength in South Africa.

[12.5.20]