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South Africa: So You Want to #rememberkhwezi? Here's What You Need to Know
The Daily Vox, 7 August 2016
After the release of the 2016 municipal election results on 6 August 2016, President Zuma's address was quickly disrupted by a group of four activists staging a silent protest,… Read more »
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South Africa: #RememberKhwezi 2016 - At Last, Something to Celebrate On Women's Day
Daily Maverick, 10 August 2016
The silent protest by four young women during a televised broadcast of a speech by President Jacob Zuma at the IEC national results centre on Saturday marks a tipping point. It was… Read more »
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South Africa: Youth Must Take Up the Fight - 1956 Women's March Veteran
News24Wire, 9 August 2016
One of the women who led the 1956 march to the Union Buildings, Sophia Williams-De Bruyn, says it is time the youth of the country took the baton and continued the fight they… Read more »
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South Africa: Zuma Speech Upstaged By 'Remember Khwezi' Activists
The Daily Vox, 6 August 2016
A small group of protesters held up posters in solidarity with President Jacob Zuma's rape accuser who was known as Khwezi during the rape trial. Read more »
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South Africa: #RememberKhwezi Protester Asks Why We Are Defending Rapists
The Daily Vox, 8 August 2016
Naleda Nokukhanya Chirwa, member of the EFF Student Command and one of the protestors from the #RememberKhwezi demonstration at the IEC results centre on Saturday, spoke to The… Read more »
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South Africa: We Encourage Women to Protest but Not What We Saw At IEC - Bathabile Dlamini
News24Wire, 9 August 2016
Minister for Social Development Bathabile Dlamini says the government encourages women to protest against injustices, but not in the manner that it was done during the release of… Read more »
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South Africa: If You (Still) Strike the Woman, You (Still) Strike the Rock
Daily Maverick, 9 August 2016
Women's Day 2016 calls for quiet reflection amid the noise of our healthy and boisterous democracy. A letter by the Women of SECTION27 (signatories below Read more »
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South Africa: Trainspotter - It Was All Over but the Crying. and Then Came Khwezi.
Daily Maverick, 6 August 2016
It ended. Not with a bang, but with five pieces of paper. By RICHARD POPLAK. Read more »
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South Africa: Why Is Violence On Black Women's Bodies So Normalized On Our Screen That We Don't Even Blink?
The Daily Vox, 7 August 2016
I have been listening and reading some of the things being said about #RememberKhwezi. Read more »
The Silent Protest That Shook South Africans
During President Jacob Zuma's local election results speech, four young women disrupted the televised event - reminding the country of the controversial rape case against Zuma before he took the highest office in the country.
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The protesters stood in front of the podium, facing the audience, and held up pieces of cardboard with the words "Khanga", "Remember Khwezi", "10 yrs later" in reference to ... Read more »
