Police officers protest in Pretoria against gender-based violence
16 October 2019 |
9:16 am
More than a thousand police officers march against gender-based violence in South Africa's capital Pretoria, after a surge in murders and sexual crimes against women. There has been a rising outcry against sexist violence in the country over the last two months after a series of murders that shocked the public.
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