On the 1st of August 2018 thousands of women embarked on protest action across South Africa to protest the scourge of gender-based violence. Women from all walks of life used the start of the country’s Women’s Month to demonstrate their frustration and anger at the increasing levels of gender-based violence in South Africa.

The protests come shortly after Stats SA revealed in June 2018 that the murder rate for women increased by 117 per cent between 2015 and 2016/17.

We speak to one of the organizers of the shutdown Loyiso Saliso, to look back on the March and what has been achieved so far