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Dozens of students, NGOs and various stakeholders gathered at Beacon Bay Sports field in East London on Saturday to mark the third year anniversary of Mrwetyana's violent death.
This is to commemorate the life of the 19-year-old University of Cape Town (UCT) student and other Gender-Based Violence (GBV) victims.
'Death is only physical': Singer Moneoa said in reference to GBV victim Uyinene Mrwetyana, who was brutally raped and murdered in 2019.
Just one week before being viciously murdered in Cape Town, East London-born Uyinene Mrwetyana wrote of her fear and vulnerability as a woman to sexualisation and violence. In a university essay submitted at the University of Cape Town just a week before she was viciously attacked, raped and murdered by post office worker Luyanda Botha, Mrwetyana wrote about how her gender hindered and restricted her free movement, even in her most banal everyday activities.
This year was tragic for SA students, with murders and RIP hashtags topping social media trend lists.