5 MID MORNINGS - 16 DAYS, 16 VOICES - ANONYMOUS

In the 9th episode of 16 Days, 16 Voices we hear from a survivor who can't share her name because the violence she lived through still threatens her safety. She was on set to film a gospel music video when a group of men armed with guns and knives stormed in. They dragged her and her friends into the bushes and gang raped them repeatedly, she was four months pregnant at the time. She did everything a survivor is told to do; opened a case, trusted the system, yet not a single arrest was made. Police didn't narrow down suspects, or protect her. Instead her identity was leaked to the media, and she had to hide for her own safety to give birth to her child in a safe house.Her story mirrors the reality of countless women in South Africa, women who are forced to rely on the kindness of strangers and organisations like Women for Change because the justice system has left them to fend for themselves.