| The Mini-Skirt March has been hard to miss for people working in the city center of Cape Town. A singing and dancing crowd of around 40 women and men of mixed race came together on the corner of Adderly Street and Whale Street to make their voice heard. And what a voice it was.
Almost all of them took the invitation to wear a skirt seriously, the men being no exception. Even though it addressed the serious issue of rape, it was a celebration in amazing spirit to raise awareness about the hostile attitudes rape survivors have to deal with. The colourful cheering crowd danced through Long Street and St Georges Mall with cars hooting at them and people on the street raising their fists and clapping in support. Curious shop owners left their counters to catch a glimpse. Surprised onlookers stopped to see what was going on with some of them walking up with the protesters. Apart from the overwhelming attention on the streets of Cape Town, the media picked up on it as well.
SABC 1, 2 and 3 broadcasted the march on their 7 o'clock news that evening.
News24.com published an articled on their website.
Bushradio did a 15-minute interview with Mirjam van Heugten on the Wednesday prior to the march.
Cape Town Live published a short article on their website prior and after the march.
SAFM did a 5-minute telephone interview with Mirjam van Heugten about the protest later that day.
A coloured picture was published on page 6 in Die Burger the next day.
The Weekend Argus printed a picture on page 6 on Saturday.
BBC World picked up on it the following Monday and invited Mirjam van Heugten to take part in an online radio-discussion with women from all over the world regarding feminism; World Have Your Say.
To view photos taken at the march. |
