UPDATE: Several streets to be closed for women’s march
Marchers will gather at the old Putco Depot from 09:00 and then move to the Union Buildings.
Several streets in central Pretoria will be closed for an ANC Women’s League march on Wednesday.
As the country prepares to celebrate woman’s month in August, the organisation has called on South Africans to join the march against gender-based violence.
Marchers would gather at the old Putco Depot from 09:00 and then move to the Union Buildings, said Tshwane metro police spokesperson Isaac Mahamba.
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He said the following routes would be affected:
• Johannes Ramokhoase Street
• Kgosi Mampuru Street
• Bosman Street
• Paul Kruger Street
• Lilian Ngoyi Street
• Sisulu Street
• Du Toit Street
• Pretorius Street
• Hamilton Street
• Steve Biko Road
• Leyds Street
The marchers were expected to disperse at the Union Buildings by 14:00.
Mahamba said officials would be deployed to monitor the march as well as all the affected streets.
He advised motorists to use the following alternative routes:
• Es’kia Mphahlele Drive
• Dr WF Nkomo Street
• Nana Sita Street
• Visagie Street
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