Melanie Nathan | Oblogdeeoblogda | May 14, 2013
Parliament: Task Team formed Corrective Rape: Melanie Nathan and Ndumie Funda with Ministry of Justice officials , South Africa OBLOGDEE © 2011-2013
Activists in South Africa are calling for immediate invigoration, transparency and action by the Task Team that was established to combat so called “corrective rape” and homophobia.
After I wrote the story of Milicent Gaika back in 2010, “The Face of Corrective Rape” and it went viral around the world, it soon became apparent to me that she was not the only victim of so called “corrective rape” in South Africa and a picture emerged that the horrific crime was endemic in my birth country.
It also became clear that much needed to happen to change the homophobia and how victims of these crimes were being treated. I spent two years writing the stories and chronicling what change was needed. And then came the success of the first Petition and a chance for change.
Too many had suffered similar fate – often unreported, some resulting even in murder such as the case of Eudy Simelane, the famous soccer player.
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