Durban - On Wednesday, hundreds of women are expected to take part in the #TotalShutDown march. In Durban, women are due to gather at Curries Fountain at 8am. The march is due to end at the Durban City Hall.
#TotalShutDown organisers said the event is to speak out about gender-based violence and will take place across the country.
#TheTotalShutdown spokesperson, Lucy Nomhle Bowles, said they just decided that (gender-based violence) has to be stopped and that cannot be normalised.
“Women are no longer safe to walk alone without being whistled at by men; we need to start protecting the women in our country,” she said.
Various unions and civil society organisations have backed #TheTotalShutdown campaign, including the SA Federation of Trade Unions and Information advocacy group, Right2Know
Mobilizing masses of people requires a set of underrated skills, ideological and practical. Much respect to the #TheTotalShutdown team for such a well throughout movement. May your execution be seamless and your impact be great.
— Tessa Dooms (@tessie18) July 30, 2018
“The power of patriarchy has been to make maleness feared and to make men feel that it is better to be feared that to be loved. Whether they can confess this or not, men know that just is not true.”
― bell hooks #ThetotalShutDown
— naicker (@arunaicker) July 31, 2018
If you are taking part in the march, make sure to upload your photographs and tag @DailyNewsSA