The Forgotten South African Mining Town Where Rape Is 'Normal'
"On a hot December morning, a group of about 30 women from Durban Deep marched to the nearby SAPS station in Roodepoort to present a memorandum to the station commander, calling for greater protection against crime and gender-based violence," writes Christopher Clark for GroundUp.
Women from Durban Deep protest against gender-based violence and police inaction in December 2017.
Aneni, from Zimbabwe, was gang-raped in front of her little daughter at Durban Deep.
Immigrant women in Durban Deep say they are afraid to report rape due to fear of reprisal attacks or deportation.