Scores of women from various organisations across the Free State are gathering at Hoffman Square in Bloemfontein to picket against gender-based violence GBV and femicide .
The Bloemfontein picket is organised by womens rights advocacy group, Buang Basadi, as part of the nationwide call for gender-based violence to be declared a State of Disaster.
The organisation is joined by the National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa Numsa and the African National Congress Womens League.