Gender-based violence and femicide
Silence is not enough.
South Africa classified gender-based violence and femicide as a national disaster in November 2025. Drive4Her asks men in Cape Town’s motoring community to stop treating it as someone else’s problem, and to fund the people who help survivors rebuild.
The reality in South Africa
Every 2 to 3 hours.
That is how often a woman is estimated to be killed in South Africa. Nearly 60% of murdered women are killed by an intimate partner.
Source: UNFPA South Africa, May 2026Source: SAMRC national femicide study, 2020/21, reported October 2024What standing with women means
Three things. Starting now.
Most women murdered in South Africa are killed by a partner, not a stranger. The violence is excused long before it happens. That is where men can act.
Stop the joke
Do not laugh along when violence against women is the punchline. Say it is not funny.
Speak to your mate
Checking her phone, controlling her money, deciding who she sees: that is control. Do not stay silent.
Believe her
When a woman tells you she is being hurt, do not ask what she did. Listen, and point her to 0800 428 428.
Why this community
This is a men’s issue.
The motoring world is a place where men mostly talk to other men.
That is where the attitudes behind this violence get laughed off or waved through. We are not here to speak for women. We are here to change what gets said, and accepted, among us.
Not for women.
With them.
Everyone has a say.
The motorcade is curated for drivers. The work belongs to everyone in this community: clubs, workshops, dealers, collectors, colleagues, fathers and sons. Each of us has a say in what it tolerates.
- Performance drivers
- Private collectors
- Automotive partners
- Corporate supporters
- Volunteers
- Advocates
Shelter. Counselling. A way out.
Drive4Her is raising funds for The Saartjie Baartman Centre for Women and Children.
Since 1999 the centre has worked with women and children leaving abuse in Cape Town. It runs a 24-hour crisis response, residential shelter, counselling and accredited job-skills training, free of charge, every day of the year. The centre reports supporting more than 12,000 women and children since 2020.
Private supporters and organisations planning a significant contribution can also contact us.
The stand starts after the drive.
One morning in October raises money and attention. What men in this community do the rest of the year is the real test.
Read our mission