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SandtonShutdown: The protest which comes one day after national crime stats indicated that violent crimes and murder had significantly worsened.

Johannesburg - Women began gathering in Sandton in the wee hours on Friday ahead of the planned #SandtonShutdown protest against Gender-Based Violence .

As many as 10 000 people are expected to participate in the march that will see the protesters hand over a memorandum at the JSE. "It is unsurprising therefore that the war against women has intensified. On average one woman is killed every three hours in South Africa, and in most cases the perpetrator is a man who is known to the victim."

— #TheTotalShutdown September 13, 2019 The union said extreme levels of violence in our society, and in particular against women and children are a sign of the deepening of the Extreme poverty and inequality are by-products of the Capitalist system and it is responsible for worsening conditions in our society today.

 

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