United stand to combat gender-based violence and femicide

AS A SHOW of unity, various sectors in KwaZulu-Natal marched from King Dinuzulu Park to the Durban City Hall yesterday in protest against gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF).

- THOBEKA NGEMA

The mass action served as yet another call to men and society to reject and put an end to #Silwisanane-Chilo in communities.

#SilwisananeChilo denotes a campaign launched by the KwaZulu-Natal provincial government, and led by Premier Thamsanqa Ntuli, to combat GBVF.

Ntuli said the coalition was significant as it included spiritual leaders, the taxi industry, civil society, business leaders, and non-government organisations, who had expressed a shared commitment to tackle the issue head-on.

“We are saying no to gender-based violence in KwaZulu-Natal,” Ntuli said.

“This scourge is quite prevalent. In particular, eThekwini, is leading in terms of the statistics. uMgungundlovu is also having high statistics. Ugu and Ilembe, they are all leading in the province,” Ntuli said.