NATIONAL NEWS - The #TotalShutdown marches have spilled over to neighbouring Lesotho and Namibia, where women and gender nonconforming people are taking a stand against gender-based violence.
Marchers in Lesotho have gathered at Setsoto Stadium and plan to march to the historical Sefika Sa Moshoeshoe in Maseru. In Namibia, the marchers are expected to gather at Katutura Hospital in Windhoek. Men are excluded from the marches, with organisers advising them to lend their support by staying away from work.
Women in South Africa, donning red and black, had started gathering across the nine provinces on Wednesday morning, ready to take part in the countrywide protest.
In Gauteng, marchers gathered at the old Putco bus depot in Pretoria at 9am.
They then moved from the Putco depot down Struben Street. They turned into Mandela Drive, then Madiba Street before reaching the front lawns of the Union Buildings, where they intend to hand over a memorandum.
