The group stood on a road where they formed a human chain close to the local police station.
CAPE TOWN - A group of women on Saturday took to the streets of Athlone protesting against violence against women and children.#GenderBasedViolence People from across Cape Town have taken to the streets protesting against gender based violence. KP pic.twitter.com/Fi2yn3HBAa
— EWN Reporter March 7, 2020 On Friday, the same group handed over a petition to President Cyril Ramaphosa’s advisor at Parliament with 530,000 signatures demanding that he keep to the promises he made to the nation to tackle the scourge in September last year.The group of protestors held placards which read: “hands off our children” and “stop killing us”.“Nothing has been done, if anything, we have seen more bloodshed. We want answers and action from government,” she said.
#GenderBasedViolence Ambassador for SA Women Fightback, Venetia Orgill from Mitchells Plain had chains and crime scene tapes around her body. KP pic.twitter.com/6yf9ZxhbSxOne of the group’s members Venetia Orgill from Mitchells Plain had chains and crime scene tapes around her body at the protest. “During the month of love in February where red roses were flowing, we had red blood of our kids flowing in the sands and rivers and that is so sad,” Orgill said.
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