Category Archives: Health

2013 June 30: When Women’s private parts have no Privacy

Posted on June 30, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lerato Dumse Women in South Africa face many challenges; however, being a woman in some parts of Makhaza, Khayelitsha must be a nightmare. The issue was first brought to my attention in 2010, when residents marched against Khayelitsha open … Continue reading →

Posted in Another Approach Is Possible, As we are, Before You, Community, Creating awareness, Education, Evidence, Expression, Feminism, Health, Johannesburg, Khayelitsha township, Our lives in the picture, Rape, Records and histories, SA mainstream media, Townships, We Care, We Still Can with/out Resources, Writing is a Right, Youth voices | Tagged | 8 Comments

2013 May 16: Don’t touch ME!

Posted on May 19, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Maureen Velile Majola A statement many feminine lesbians have heard. A lot of butch lesbians don’t wanna be touched and we find that they get judged and called all sorts of names because of this. I’ve heard feminine lesbians … Continue reading →

Posted in 2012 LGBT Recognition Awards, 2012 Photo XP, 2012 ReFiguring Women, Activism, Career, Collaborations, Collectivism, Curative rapes, Health, Relationships, Sexual Politics education in South Africa, Townships, Victims, Visual history, Where & Who is Justice? | Tagged | 17 Comments

2013 April 5: Video from private night vigil ceremony

Posted on May 3, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

… conducted by some Inkanyiso members. Women’s Gaol, Constitution Hill. Braamfontein, Johannesburg _______________ Video archive. Captured with Canon 60D camera + EF lens 24-105mm f/4 L IS USM Related links 2013 March 8: Public Event announcement

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2013 April 10: Another black lesbian activist has fallen

Posted on April 11, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Report by Christie van Zyl As fellow South Africans especially members of African National Congress commemorates 20 years of Chris Hani’s brutal killing in Boksburg, Johannesburg (April 10, 2013). Freegender members, allies and the black lesbian community at large gathered … Continue reading →

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2013 April 5: A loving visual memory is…

Posted on April 5, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

Marco Ntuli & the late Buhle Msibi (2005). Photo by Zanele Muholi, captured with a Konica-Minolta 5.1 megapixels digital camera. It was taken at the Forum for the Empowerment of Women (FEW) offices at Women’s Jail, Constitution Hill, Braamfontein, Johannesburg. All … Continue reading →

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2013 February 28: I am not a Victim but a Victor…

Posted on March 25, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Lungile Dladla They call February the month of love, I call it the month of change… In February 2010, I was walking with Mathapelo (one who prays) along Swazi street. It was around 7pm, a few hours after my … Continue reading →

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2013 March 19: The monster

Posted on March 19, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

by Nunu Sigasa Spears and guns are vanity, Herbs and tablets falls short Blood soldiers die before you strike Your silence teeth are fatal You bite lite a poisonous snake You kill like a slow poison Cause you are a … Continue reading →

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2013 March 13: A scrapbook under my pillow

Posted on March 14, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

As people we are all, for speaking out for other people’s pains, but our darkest secrets we dare not reveal. I am not a dark secret, nothing in me is hidden… I just forget sometimes. There is no pain in … Continue reading →

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2012 Nov. 27: Faces & Phases exhibition opening

Posted on February 23, 2013 by inkanyiso2009

@ Goethe Institut, Johannesburg For more photo check: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10200697577861518.2202667.1223456677&type=1&notif_t=like

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