Hundreds of women wearing black have gathered in a Johannesburg park to protest gender-based violence in South Africa.

Fifteen women are killed every day in a country with one of the highest rates of gender violence in the world.

The anti-migrant group said they wanted to draw global attention to local challenges, including high crime and unemployment.

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Hundreds of women gathered in a Johannesburg park on Friday to protest violence against women in South Africa, ahead of the G20 summit this weekend. Demonstrators wore black and staged a 15-minute ...

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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Hundreds of women wearing black gathered in a Johannesburg park on Friday, one day before the start of the Group of 20 summit, to stage a 15-minute lie-down protest symbolizing the ...