Tweet From Inkanyiso – Greeted with an everlasting smile by a body that doesn’t seem to age, Phumla Rose Masuku welcomes us to her home. Present is Phumla’s life partner Nombulelo ‘Bulie’ Vimbelela. For a person in her mid 30s Masuku expresses that she’s excited that she is ageing gracefully. She has always feared the age [...]
What has underwear got to do with her job performance-a woman ‘raped’.
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Tweet What began as a protest to remove the minister of education due to lack of performance and delivery has turned vile and completely out of order. Basic Education Minister Angie Motshekga has been under fire for several months with issues ranging from the textbook issues in Limpopo, lack of teachers and resources, and teachers’ [...]
South Africa: Two years have past yet still no justice for Noxolo Nogwaza
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“The truth is, ‘Ngiyesaba’ – I’m shit scared” – Rape and Traumatic Recall
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This form of violation is perpetrated with the explicit intention of ‘curing’ the lesbian of her
love for other women. Although many heterosexual survivors of rape attest to the stated intentions of their assailants as punitive (they have done something wrong, and thus ‘deserve’ rape), survivors of ‘curative rape’ make it clear that their attackers were interested in humiliating and punishing them for their choice of sexual identity and lifestyle and in ‘transforming’ them – by coercion – into heterosexual women.
Personal herstories Lihles story
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Another Soul Lost
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