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Financial Independence

Submitted by Sage on Mon, 01/12/2008 - 16:52
Today a 24 year old friend told me she is pregnant. Not 6 weeks pregnant, not 16 weeks pregrant, but 30 weeks pregnant. She fell pregnant, she tells me, because her father did not allow her to marry her man. Why did dad refuse you marry?, I asked. "Because he wants me to be financially independent.", she confidently responded.
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16 Days of Activism

Police Raid at The Grand – A First Hand Account by Sexologist

Submitted by sally_jean.shac... on Mon, 01/12/2008 - 12:44
Touch wood, but I have never been hi-jacked or had a gun held against my head though I am a born and bred Sandtonian. However, last night and into the early hours of this morning all that changed.

Sadly, the guns pointed at me were not from hardened criminals or rebel forces, these were the guns from the very people that my government tells me will keep me safe when I sleep at night.

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On this day in 1995: "We both hurt, but your hurt wears fists"

Submitted by sally_jean.shac... on Tue, 25/11/2008 - 17:12

On this day, 13 years ago, Susan Hamilton Sithole was stabbed to death by her husband. She was packing her bags at her flat, and had taken 2 friends and the police with her as a precaution. Her husband had been violent for some time, and she always thought she was strong enough to stop the violence - to make him see that his violence was destrong them both.When her friends went downstairs, he took a knife from the kitchen and stabbed her over and over again.He was sentenced to 11 years in prison for the murder.

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The South African Domestic Violence Act National Conference, 26 - 28 November 2008, Johannesburg, South Africa
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