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The five days of mourning will run from November 25 to 29.
FILE: A professional healthcare worker wearing personal protective equipment (PPE) monitors a patient in a shop dedicated to treating potential COVID-19 coronavirus patients at Tshwane District Hospital in Pretoria on July 10, 2020 Image: AFP
CAPE TOWN – Five national days of mourning will be held in South Africa to remember those who lost their lives to COVID-19, gender-based violence and femicide.
On Thursday, the Cabinet urged all citizens to participate in the initiative.
The five days of mourning will run from November 25 to 29.
“All national flags will fly at half mast during the five days of mourning in a united movement to honor all those who have succumbed to COVID-19, gender violence and femicide,” said Justice and Prison Services Minister Ronald Lamola .
“All citizens are encouraged to wear clothing and adornments that symbolize mourning based on their culture, tradition and religious beliefs.”
The COVID-19 pandemic has gripped the entire world, and many countries have had to implement various stages of lockdown to try to slow the spread of the virus.
In South Africa, violence against women and children continued unabated during the closure period.
President Cyril Ramaphosa has previously said that the country was in the midst of two devastating epidemics: the coronavirus and what he described as the ‘war on women’.
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