Detailed Instructions: In this task you will be given a text passage from a trivia quiz. You should choose the category this question belongs to from these categories: History, Science, Social Science, Fine Arts, Literature. You can only choose one category, so if in doubt, please choose the closest match.
Q: Many leftist women in this country joined Black Sash societies to organize protests. One leader of this country authorized a letter bomb killing Ruth First, who wrote against this country's injustices from abroad. A Women's League in this country successfully argued for a quota in its majority party ensuring one-third female representation in its legislature. This country's journalist Helen Zille, who now leads its minority-party Democratic Alliance, broke a 1977 story detailing the beating and in-prison death of a prominent dissident. Women were exempted from its "pass laws." For 10 points, name this nation whose leading women included Mamphela Ramphele, the lover of Steve Biko, and anti-racist activist Winnie Mandela, the wife of long-imprisoned Nelson.
A:
History