DURBAN - AmaZulu King Misuzulu kaZwelithini is calling on his men to fight GBV and Femicide.
The monarch led the 2nd National Men's Day March Against the scourge in uMlazi.
Studies show the rate of death by intimate partners in South Africa is five times higher than the global average.
READ: King Misuzulu leads march against Gender-Based Violence
Addressing the crowd, King Misuzulu encouraged men to join the fight against GBV as the scourge is destroying the country.
The king was joined by the Minister in the Presidency for Women, Youth and Persons with Disabilities, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma.
Dlamini-Zuma said men need to stand up and protect women and children.
* eNCA's Lethiwe Mdluli reports.