About 300 Durban University of Technology (DUT) students gathered at King Dinizulu Park in Durban on Friday morning to raise awareness of crimes against humanity‚ in particular women and children.
Student representative council (SRC) president Zama Mncube said the march was about such crimes as abduction‚ violence‚ human trafficking‚ robberies and hijackings.
ANC Youth League members joined the students’ march.
Wearing black T-shirts with the words DUT SRC 2017 Against Women Violence & Victimisation‚ students carried placards that read: "Stop the war on women's bodies"‚ "Take a stand and fight women abuse" "Real men protect".
Some men students wore dresses and wigs to demonstrate their solidarity with women.
Mncube said students feel they are vulnerable. "When students strike or there is a mass demonstration‚ there is increased police. Why can't that be done when we need protection.
“Our campus is in the city. Crime levels around campus are high‚ with hijackings happening daily. Students are robbed between campus and residence. We don't want to wait for an incident to happen. We need to be safe as women‚" said Mncube.
DUT's SRC will hand a memorandum to a representative from the eThekwini municipality.
Provincial health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo‚ representing the provincial Men's Forum‚ said violence against women and children was a violation of their rights.
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