Intimate partner violence

Sixteen Days: Get this – no means no!

Sixteen Days: Get this – no means no!

Johannesburg, 25 November: The recent Gisele Pelicot rape case in France has once again thrust the issues of consent, sexual violence, and societal accountability into the spotlight. The case that […]

South Africa: Adorable Nsiki

My name is Adorable Nsiki, and I am from the Greater Tzaneen Municipality, affiliated with the Nhlayiso organization. I am 39 years old and a mother of four. I was […]

South Africa: Shuriska Annika Stuurman

My name is Shuriska Annika Stuurman, I am 30 years old. I live in Touwsranten. I am the eldest child of 5 children. I grew up with my mother and […]

South Africa: Sharon Swartz

My name is Sharon Swartz. I’m 45 years old. I’m a single (divorced) mom of 3 kids and a foster daughter. So basically, I have 4 children and 3 grandsons. […]

South Africa: Mmathapelo Ephenia Malapane

My name is Mmathapelo Ephenia Malapane. My maiden name is Mailula. I grew up without a mother, so both my mother’s and my father’s family decided to share custody of […]

South Africa: Mantoa Paulina Mokoena

My name is Mantoa Paulina Mokoena. I’m 50 years of age and divorced with 3 children. I’m not working at this present moment. Financially, my family helps a lot. I’m […]

South Africa: Betta Serebe

My name is Betta Serebe, and I am 37 years old. I have a son who is 11 years old now I am a single parent my son’s father passed […]

South Africa: Fagmeeda Jansen

As a young child I grew up with my Granny Gogo because my mother was always on the road doing her own things. Sometimes when me & my older brother […]

β€œI explained to my children how Safe Haven Halfway Home is allowing us to grow stronger before one day, we move out into a house of our own.”

I had a difficult childhood. My mother was the sole breadwinner and had to do everything on her own. My siblings and I did not attend kindergarten. When we went […]

β€œAs I reached the other side of the river, it started raining and the God-sent water washed away all the dirt that was on my body.”

I am 25 years old and I have three daughters who are under seven years old. My life has always been full of difficulties. I did not know my father […]