A group of Capetonians on Wednesday joined a peaceful "walk-by" vigil outside Parliament in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter Movement.
While she hosted the event in solidarity with the #BlackLivesMatter protests currently happening in the United States, Protest As Praxis said the vigil was also for South Africans who had been killed by police and army personnel, especially during the national lockdown.
"The vigil was to grieve for Collins Khoza and Robyn Montsumi, who died in the Mowbray police station, for the refugees who are not getting aid during the pandemic, and for the people who are being evicted, even though it is illegal to be evicted during this time," she told News24.
For one young man, the vigil wasn't about George Floyd, but rather a protest against institutionalised racism.
It is the institution, it is the system and not the people at hand," he said.
