Nandipha

Slideshow | Nandipha

12 Mar 2013 16:51
Nandipha, now 25, has shared with Demelza Bush the tragic story of her "corrective rape", resulting in a life filled with constant fear.
Deep Read: 'Corrective' rape and our naked reality

Deep Read: 'Corrective' rape and our naked reality

29 Oct 2012 12:45 - Simphiwe Dana
Woe unto you if you step in the path of a powerless, patriarchal male - he will make you pay for the pain of his emasculation, writes Simphiwe Dana.

End this epidemic of violent abuse

20 Apr 2012 00:00 - The Editorial
In terms of budget allocations and intent, the government has tried to correct the problems in urban communities but is failing via performance.
HRW report puts gender task team under scrutiny

HRW report puts gender task team under scrutiny

07 Dec 2011 17:18 - Sibongile Nkosi
The efficacy of a task team set up to address the issue of violence against lesbians and transgender men in South Africa has been questioned.

Report finds lesbians live in terror

05 Dec 2011 16:02 - Staff Reporter
Human Rights Watch says SA's lesbians and transgender men in townships and rural areas live in constant fear of harassment and "corrective rapes".
Solve rape cases, activists demand

Solve rape cases, activists demand

26 Aug 2011 09:36 - Sibongile Nkosi
Gay rights activists marched to the KwaThema police station to voice their frustration over the police's "inaction" about solving hate murders.
Changing the language of prejudice

Changing the language of prejudice

12 Jun 2011 11:57 - Staff Reporter
SA has been referred to as the global capital of rape. More recently we've become the international headliner for "corrective rape".
The tide of intolerance must turn

The tide of intolerance must turn

13 May 2011 09:21 - Glynnis Underhill
A transgender man who endured corrective rape in Uganda hopes for a change in attitudes.

'All South Africans must act against corrective rape'

11 May 2011 18:06 - Staff Reporter
The NYDA and ANCWL have added their voices to the call for state and civil action to be taken to prevent "cowardly" sexual attacks on lesbians in SA.
Only a matter of time before next 'corrective rape'

Only a matter of time before next 'corrective rape'

11 May 2011 06:34 - Donna Bryson
They found Noxolo Nogwaza's body in a ditch. The lesbian activist had been stabbed with broken glass, and her teeth had been knocked out.

Thirteen-year-old a victim of 'corrective rape'

07 May 2011 06:27 - Staff Reporter
A 13-year-old lesbian girl was raped in Atteridgeville, Pretoria, the department of justice and constitutional development said on Friday.
'People are dying as we speak'

'People are dying as we speak'

06 May 2011 14:13 - Glynnis Underhill
Glynnis Underhill introduces us to an angry Cape Town woman who risks life and limb to help victimised lesbians.

Brutal murder of lesbian activist condemned

03 May 2011 17:22 - Staff Reporter
The murder of a lesbian activist who was stoned and stabbed to death is part of an "epidemic" of hate crimes against gays, Human Rights Watch says.

South Africans decry rapes of lesbians

15 Mar 2011 10:08 - Thandisizwe Mgudlwa
Rights activists are speaking out against rapes targeting lesbians in South Africa.