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#SandtonShutdown to JSE: You have the money to stop violence, femicide

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'More than 50% of this country’s population is women and yet they don’t see us. We are invisible to them.' The SandtonShutdown was about so much more than money. Pic: Protesters clash with security guards during the march. By Sthembiso Lebuso/City Press

The #SandtonShutdown march was organised by the Call-For-Action civil society group. The group called on the JSE to stop keeping quiet and get involved in the fight against gender-based violence and femicide.

Khanyile said that they marched to the JSE not only to get money but to demand that corporate South Africa take responsibility. “Women are still not paid the same as men. We want it to end. Our bodies are not your crime scene. You are not exempt from this fight. And because you have the money to help fight it, do it,” Khanyile said.

“I understand the urgency but the issues raised in the memorandum require proper conversation,” Newton-King said.

 

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