Johannesburg, Feb 17 (ANI): Minister of Women, Children and People with Disabilities Lulu Xingwana is set to take part in Friday's march to protest against assaults on women wearing miniskirts.
Earlier this year, the minister condemned an attack on two women wearing short skirts at the Noord Street Taxi Rank in central Johannesburg.
"Through this march we are reclaiming our streets from those who abuse and terrorise women and children," News24 quoted Xingwana as saying in a statement on Thursday.
"The scourge of women abuse threatens to erode many of the hard-earned gains of the liberation struggle.
"It denies women their birth rights. It condemns them to a life of fear and prevents them from being productive members of society," Xingwana said.
The march, convened by the ANC Women's League and supported by the Congress of SA Trade Unions, is expected to start in the Johannesburg CBD at 14:00 on Feb 17.
The National Union of Metalworkers of SA [Numsa] also put its weight behind the initiative. (ANI)
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