16 Days of Activism: ICantBeNext campaign aims to eradicate GBV
JOHANNESBURG - In the midst of the annual 16 days of Activism for No Violence against Women and Children Campaign, police statistics have shown that one South African woman is murdered every three hours.
Puseletso Mbhele, a social worker turned criminologist, said the figure was staggering and the justice system in the country was not coping with the tide of violence. She has close experience of many cases in her former career as a social auxiliary worker in rural Gauteng. It prompted Mbhele to create a community campaign called #ICantBeNext, offering free self-defence training and boot camps to local women and university students.
“People think self defence is about fighting back but it’s actually about being able to get away from bad situations and having the tools and awareness to keep safe,” she said.
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