Young people march against violence
The protest was sparked by the recent rape and gruesome murder of a 19-year-old University of Cape Town student
A group of young people, with the majority being women held a peaceful protest as part of the national uprising against gender-based violence.
Led by activist, Jay Stifler, this march which attracted over 500 young people from the area, was also supported by local celebrities such as DJ Shimza.
The protest was sparked by the recent rape and gruesome murder of a 19-year-old University of Cape Town student, Uyinene Mrwetyana.
Before her death, the country recently heard of the gruesome murders of Nolunde Vumsindo, Leighandre Jegels, Meghan Cremer, Jesse Hess and many others, which has angered the entire nation resulting in the calling for the death penalty against rapists.
Speaking during the march, Jay Stifler called for the entire Tembisa community to support this initiative and participate by signing the petition which they are planning to hand over to the Presidency.
“Women are tired and we are here today to show our support and also voice out that we are also tired of burying our sisters and mothers.
We want to add our voice and say enough is enough, stop killing our women. We want to urge and appeal to everyone to join this movement and sign our petition, which has so far been signed by over 1000 people.
Let us spread the word and let the entire community come and sign this petition so we can take it to the Union Building (Parliament),” called Stifler.
“A lot of people are calling for the death penalty and we also support that call, although we understand that this might not be implemented immediately because of all the laws and legislations that need to be followed. What is important is the fact that today we started something and when we gather like this and do something, something shakes.
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This can’t be done by one person, it needs all of us to be united and move forward together. We won’t stop here, because many girls are not famous that are being abused, raped and murdered every day. There are many silent voices out there, we must be their voice. The victims that have never spoken before, we must be their voice,” he continued.
He said they are going to organise another march that will not only be about women abuse, but will include all the social ills faced by the community at large.
On Saturday, the Police Minister, Bheki Cele announced plans to help combat the scourge and to help women open cases at police stations with much ease and confidentiality.
He said he was that police have been instructed by President Cyril Ramaphosa to revisit rape and murder cases.
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