Author: Anele Siswana

THE scourge of gender-based violence (GBV), femicide and child abuse continues to tear through the moral fabric of South Africa. For many, these atrocities are not just newspaper headlines – they are lived realities. They occur in homes, schools, workplaces and, tragically, within our universities. In rural communities, townships and informal settlements, violence against women and children is often hidden behind walls of silence, shame and patriarchy. Survivors are made to believe they are the problem – that their pain is their fault, that their suffering is part of life. It is in these very spaces that our collective conscience…