WATCH | March and March calls for practical solutions, not a four-point plan
The organization March and March held a protest in Durban to criticize the South African government's four-point plan for addressing gender-based violence. Activists argue the government's approach is a superficial 'tick-box exercise' and are calling for immediate, practical investments in police visibility and infrastructure.
Why it matters
It highlights the growing public frustration with government responses to the systemic crisis of gender-based violence in South Africa.
Hundreds of mainly male March and March members raised their spears and shields in the name of gender-based violence (GBV) victims in Durban on Wednesday.
The organisation, which for more than a year has been protesting against illegal foreigners in the country, was kicking off its national anti-GBV campaign at Albert Park.
Men take to the streets of Durban for a “Day of Action” organised by SA First Forum and March and March, calling for an end to gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF). 📹: @sandysndlovu pic.twitter.com/IGQuYM9dPT
Xolani Zuma, who together with his wife established March and March, said he wasn’t convinced by President Cyril Ramaphosa’s address to the nation on Tuesday, where he announced a four-point plan to address the crisis affecting women in SA.
Zuma said the government solution was more of a “tick-box exercise” than a practical solution to the GBV crisis.
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