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Women across the country’s nine provinces joined the #TheTotalShutdownMarch to protest the alarming rates of gender-based violence in South Africa. (David Harrison/M&G)
ANTI RAPE ACTIVISM

#THETOTALSHUTDOWN: Memorandum of demands

This document sets out our list of demands to the state

  • Staff Reporter
2 min read
The organisers want the violence to stop, and have called for support by either joining the protests, or avoiding working or spending money for the day.
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE PREVENTION NETWORK

Protests over violence to mark the start of Women’s Month

​The start of Women’s Month in South Africa will be marked by countrywide marches and pickets

  • Agency
2 min read
Why are men continuing to breed a culture of toxic masculinity even at their own peril and can anything be done about it?
GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

Women want action, not words

As we reflect on that day, let us yet again question our governments about the well-meaning documents they sign to protect us but do not act on.

  • Zukiswa Wanner
5 min read