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IN PICTURES | Women show strength and unity as they march against abuse

Women across South Africa were united on Wednesday as they took part in #TotalShutdown marches.

A #TotalShutdown marcher holds her hands up in chains in demonstration against violence against women in Cape Town on August 1, 2018.
A #TotalShutdown marcher holds her hands up in chains in demonstration against violence against women in Cape Town on August 1, 2018. (Anthony Molyneaux)

Women across South Africa were united on Wednesday as they took part in #TotalShutdown marches.

The national march is a protest against gender-based violence in the country.

The women - young and old, and of all races - were flooded with emotion as they marched.

#TotalShutdown marchers gather at the Cape University of Technology in Cape Town as they prepare to march to Parliament on August 1, 2018.
#TotalShutdown marchers gather at the Cape University of Technology in Cape Town as they prepare to march to Parliament on August 1, 2018. (Aron Hyman)
A Cape Town protester holds up a skateboard while taking part in the #TotalShutdown march on August 1, 2018.
A Cape Town protester holds up a skateboard while taking part in the #TotalShutdown march on August 1, 2018. (Anthony Molyneaux)
A mother who lost her child to gang violence in Cape Town takes part in a candle vigil as part of the #TotalShutdown march across South Africa on August 1, 2018.
A mother who lost her child to gang violence in Cape Town takes part in a candle vigil as part of the #TotalShutdown march across South Africa on August 1, 2018. (Anthony Molyneaux)
Members of the ANC Women’s League gather at Constitutional Court in Johannesburg to take part in the #TotalShutdown march on August 1, 2018.
Members of the ANC Women’s League gather at Constitutional Court in Johannesburg to take part in the #TotalShutdown march on August 1, 2018. (SIMPHIWE NKWALI/ Sunday Times)
Worldwide, women are celebrating International Women's Day through social media.
Worldwide, women are celebrating International Women's Day through social media. (Abigail Javier)
A woman shows slogans painted on her legs during the #TotalShutdown march against corruption in Pretoria on August 1, 2018. File picture.
A woman shows slogans painted on her legs during the #TotalShutdown march against corruption in Pretoria on August 1, 2018. File picture. (Abigail Javier)
Women hold placards as they take part in the #TotalShutdown march in Pretoria on August 1, 2018.
Women hold placards as they take part in the #TotalShutdown march in Pretoria on August 1, 2018. (Abigail Javier)
A tearful Xoliswa Buthelezi at the #TotalShutdown march in Pietermaritzburg on August 1 2018. A 71-year-old woman died of a heart attack after watching a man rape her granddaughters.
A tearful Xoliswa Buthelezi at the #TotalShutdown march in Pietermaritzburg on August 1 2018. A 71-year-old woman died of a heart attack after watching a man rape her granddaughters. (Jackie Clausen)
Nelson Mandela University has committed to release updated reports of rape‚ sexual harassment and assault cases
Nelson Mandela University has committed to release updated reports of rape‚ sexual harassment and assault cases (Jackie Clausen)
This week the National Treasury announced it will allocate R13bn to different government departments and programmes to fight the scourge of gender-based violence and femicide.
This week the National Treasury announced it will allocate R13bn to different government departments and programmes to fight the scourge of gender-based violence and femicide. (Thuli Dlamini)
Women make their way through the streets of Durban as part of the #TotalShutdown march on August 1, 2018.
Women make their way through the streets of Durban as part of the #TotalShutdown march on August 1, 2018. (Thuli Dlamini)

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