5 MID MORNINGS - 16 DAYS 16 VOICES - CONSTANCE

In the 13th episode of "16 Days, 16 Voices" we hear from Constance in Tembisa. Her story begins with a husband who controlled her every move, refusing to let her go to work and accusing her of cheating whenever she did. One evening, after taking a taxi home from work, she was attacked and gang rape…

5 MID MORNINGS - 16 DAYS, 16 VOICES - BONNIE

Bonnie’s story begins when she was 9, in a home where the person meant to protect her became the source of her fear. After a run in with older boys in her neighbourhood, he dragged her by her hair and screamed at her. That moment was the beginning of a pattern. She grew up with insults thrown at he…

5 MID MORNINGS - 16 DAYS, 16 VOICES - PROMISE

Promise represents many women in South Africa whose childhoods were marked by abuse they could not name at the time. In the story, she is harmed by a family member and grows up carrying the weight of it alone. Years later an outreach worker from POWA visits her community, opening a door she never h…

5 MID MORNINGS - 16 DAYS, 16 VOICES - BALISA

In the 16th episode of "16 Days, 16 Voices" we hear from Balisa. Her story, like so many others, begins with a controlling and abusive relationship. Her partner tried to dictate every part of her life, from where she worked to how she grieved a loss in her family. Tensions escalated and in a mome…

YB5 with COTD

Expanding our understanding of vulnerable children to include tertiary students, CEO Palesa Matuludi speaks on how the organisation is supporting them as a part of the vulnerable youth. Palesa further elaborates on the use of sport as a means to instill positive life values and promote well-being.

QOTD - SEXIEST JOBS

What is the sexiest job?

QOTD - ERASING BAD MEMORIES

If you had the ability to erase bad memories, would you do it? Or do you think bad memories make up who we are?

5 MID MORNINGS - 16 DAYS, 16 VOICES - JES FOORD

In the 14th episode of 16 Days, 16 Voices we hear how Jes Foord is out walking with her father in Kwa Zulu Natal when 5 armed men held them up. They tied her father to a tree and threw her into a ditch where she was gang raped. When the attackers fled, she had to find the strength to report what ha…

QOTD - YOUR YOUNGER SELF

What would your younger self not believe about your life today

5 MID MORNINGS - 16 DAYS, 16 VOICES - MICHAELA VAN NIEROP

Michaela van Nierop shares a story that begins in her 1st year of university, when a night out with friends ended in her being drugged, abducted, and taken to a BnB where she was raped. She was a virgin with a strict Catholic upbringing, carrying shame that was never hers to carry. Years later she …