WATCH | 'It cannot be business as usual' - #Sandtonshutdown takes over

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Some in the crowd stated that the reason the protest was held at the JSE was to ask for money, since the government had claimed it could not combat gender based violence adequately because of funds.

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The Sandton Stock Exchange was on Friday morning the scene of women's ire at the scourge of femicide and gender based violence that has swept the country and dominated the headlines recently. Prompted by the high profile slayings of University of Cape Town student Uyinene Mrwetyana and boxer Leighandre Jegels, the growing discontent and rage has culminated in the action, taken under the banner #sandtonshutdown.

 

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