Kammala wannan jumla: A shekarar 1975, Fatima Meer ta kafa kungiyar Black Women's Federation (BWF) tare da Winnie Mandela. Meer ya zama shugaban kungiyar na farko. Bayan shekara guda, an sake dakatar da ita har tsawon shekaru biyar. Dokar haramtacciyar ta zo ne bayan halartarta a taron Nazarin Nazarin Black inda ta kasance babban mai magana a cikin wani jawabi mai taken, "Shekaru ashirin da biyar na mulkin Apartheid".A watan Yunin 1976, bayan
Tashin hankali na Soweto, an kama mata 11 daga BWF kuma an tsare su a karkashin Sashe na 6 na Dokar Ta'addanci. An saka su a cikin kurkuku a Fort Prison a Johannesburg. Ta tsira da kyar daga yunkurin kisan kai jim kaɗan bayan an sake ta daga tsare a 1976 lokacin da aka harbe ta a gidan iyalinta a Durban, amma ba a ji rauni ba. Danta, Rashid, ya tafi gudun hijira a wannan shekarar. An sake kai mata hari kuma ta zargi harin na biyu a kan Black Consciousness Movement da Inkatha Freedom Party.