#wiseTalk: A Reflection On The Womxn’s March of August 1, 2018

Wise Talk is a series by Wise 4 Afrika to engage gender-based violence and femicide in the African landscape. This episode pertains to the crisis of gender-based violence national crisis in South Africa. Brenda Madumise-Pajibo and Onica Makwakwa both lead this discussion through a live stream on Facebook. 

In this edition of #wiseConsent, Brenda and Onica reflect on the womxn’s march of August 1, 2018. On that day, womxn and gender-nonconforming individuals took to the streets in protest of the scourge of gender-based violence. However, they also took the time to deliver a list of 24 demands in order for their grievances to be officially added into the government agenda. It has been a year, and now a determination of the success of the campaign must be revisited.