Durban – Zulu King MisuZulu ka Zwelithini on Saturday led the second annual National Men’s Day March against Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Femicide at Umlazi Township in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal.
The King was joined by the Office of the Deputy President, Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth, and Persons with Disabilities, Dr. Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma.
The other dignitaries included Deputy Minister of Health, Dr. Sibongiseni Dhlomo; SANAC CEO Dr. Thembisile Xulu, eThekwini Metro MMC Cllr Madlala; Good Men Foundation’s Sabelo Gumede; SANAC’s Civil Society’s Bishop Dyasi and Ukhozi FM Station Manager Sibongi Ngcobo.
Thousands of people took part in the 1.3 km walk, which began at the Mangosuthu University of Technology and ended at the King Zwelithini Stadium.
The march is organised by the Goodmen Foundation – which encourages men to fight against GBV – and the Zulu Queen’s Ka-Maskolo.
“As men, we have a duty to stand up and protect women and children. This we can only achieve through individual actions and collaboration with each other,” said CEO of the Goodmen Foundation Smangaye Xaba.
“Hence, as the Goodmen Foundation, we welcomed iSilo’s [the monarch’s] call that he made last year, for cooperation among civil society to get rid of this scourge of gender-based violence and femicide.”
