JSE CEO: I understand the need to be heard
Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE) CEO Nicky Newton-King has committed to meeting with various businesses to hand over the #SandtonShutdown memorandum.
Large groups of mostly women started gathering in the vicinity of the JSE in the early hours of Friday morning for a sit-in.
They are protesting the increase in gender-based violence and femicide.
We are live from the #SandtonShutdown where civil society and the public will stand in solidarity against the scourge of GBV in the country outside the JSE. pic.twitter.com/QO1caspCxH
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) September 13, 2019
Newton-King had initially refused to sign the memorandum as the crowd started booing her and refused to listen.
She added that the JSE does not represent business, it is merely the place where business is.
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"I think that the pain that women are feeling in this country is palpable and I understand completely the desperation and need to be heard.
"The JSE does not represent business, the JSE it's the place where business is. Today we have committed to take the memorandum to business and out to them the need to respond."
#SandtonShutdown Newton-King: The JSE does not represent business it is the place where business is. pic.twitter.com/SkYWXYUcRm
— Jacaranda News (@JacaNews) September 13, 2019