#10ThousandManMarch: DUT students take stand against femicide
Femicide in South Africa is on the rise and these DUT students have decided that enough is enough!
Listen as Jane chats to DUT students who are championing the march against femicide below, or read more below to find out how you can get involved.
Femicide in South Africa has been rising at an alarming rate!
Read: How does femicide affect the way South African women behave?
According to News 24, these are a list of some recent deaths:
- An Edendale Hospital nurse Ntombizodwa Charlotte Dlamini (40), was shot and killed by her prison warder husband, Sipho Dlamini in Bisley.
- Nathen Rampersad (30), allegedly poured petrol over his girlfriend (17) and set her alight after she refused to clean his room. The teenager survived with serious injuries.
- Quantity surveying Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) student Zolile Khumalo (21) was allegedly shot dead by ex-boyfriend Thabani Mzolo (23) at her Lonsdale residence.
- Karabo Mokoena’s charred remains were found by a passer-by in Lyndhurst, Johannesburg in April 2017. Mantsoe was recently sentenced to 32 years behind bars.
- Siam Lee (20) was abducted from an alleged Durban North brothel on January 4 this year. Her charred body was discovered on a farm in New Hanover in the Midlands two days later.
- Doctor Sipho Chonco (32) allegedly shot dead his long-term partner Wendy Dlamini in Northdale in April this year.
- Two teenage girls were found hanged at a school in Stella in the North West. A 19-year-old boy who is believed to be an ex-boyfriend of one of the two girls was arrested.
Listen: Phoenix mum who abused her child speaks out for the first time
Writing this list breaks my heart.
These Durban University of Technology students have decided that enough is enough and they want to march for change. They hope to raise awareness, educate, and discourage any further killings. The group is offering face-to-face awareness about the relevant bodies one can approach when in a relationship and faced with issues of neglect and abuse.
This group of young men wants to prove that not all men are the same and to educate other men that abuse in any shape or form is not right. They want all men to take a stand and to stand up for all women.
Read: Elderly stand up against abuse in Durban march
I can't begin to tell you how proud I am and I encourage all men and women to join the cause. Let's do it, the change is in us.
Event details:
Date: 8 July 2018
Time: 8:30 am to 12:-00 pm
Start: Botha's Garden (Durban CBD)
For more info on the #10ThousandManMarch, you can call Philani Nzuza (Convener of March) on 061 403 3800 or email [email protected].