Various womens rights organisations will on Friday stage a national shutdown in protest against alarming levels of gender-based violence GBV in the country.
The shutdown, led by Women for Change, urges South Africans to show solidarity by changing their profile pictures to purple .
National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa Numsa National Spokesperson Phakamile Hlubi-Majola says the scourge of gender-based violence and femicide GBVF needs to be eradicated immediately.