[WATCH] Our bodies are not your crime scene: A portrait of GBV in South Africa

In August, a march to the Langa police station to address dismissal and obstruction of gender-based violence cases ended with protestors being shot at and arrested. But this issue is not unique to Langa. Less than one in 10 rape cases receive a guilty verdict in South Africa. In our latest partnership with Eh!Woza, these survivors share their stories.

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Samuel Flans

Samuel Flans is a photographer and filmmaker based in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Samuel Flans

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/samuel-flans/

  

  April 28, 2021

  [WATCH] No roads, no water, no toilets: 'Why are they ignoring us?'
• Samuel Flans

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/samuel-flans/

  

  March 18, 2021

  School of hard knocks: These children go to class in an open field
• Samuel Flans

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/samuel-flans/

  

  December 10, 2020

  [WATCH] ‘We are the problem.’ Why these men are taking a stronger stand against gender-based violence
• Samuel Flans

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/samuel-flans/

  

  October 28, 2020

  [WATCH] eThembeni residents living in excrement: 'We are citizens too'

Alfa Fiphaza

Alfa Fiphaza is a filmmaker based in Cape Town, South Africa.

• Alfa Fiphaza

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/alfa-fipaza/

  

  March 18, 2021

  School of hard knocks: These children go to class in an open field
• Alfa Fiphaza

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/alfa-fipaza/

  

  December 10, 2020

  [WATCH] ‘We are the problem.’ Why these men are taking a stronger stand against gender-based violence
• Alfa Fiphaza

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/alfa-fipaza/

  

  October 28, 2020

  [WATCH] eThembeni residents living in excrement: 'We are citizens too'
• Alfa Fiphaza

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/alfa-fipaza/

  

  October 19, 2020

  [WATCH] Inside Qandu-Qandu: How people in this Khayelitsha settlement are trying to find a place to call home

Bongekile Booi

Bongekile Booi is a filmmaker living in the Western Cape.

• Bongekile Booi

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/bongekile-booi/

  

  October 28, 2020

  [WATCH] eThembeni residents living in excrement: 'We are citizens too'
• Bongekile Booi

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/bongekile-booi/

  

  October 19, 2020

  [WATCH] Inside Qandu-Qandu: How people in this Khayelitsha settlement are trying to find a place to call home
• Bongekile Booi

  https://bhekisisa.org/author/bongekile-booi/

  

  August 27, 2020

  [WATCH] Beaten, shot and homeless: Here’s what COVID evictions look like