Mini-skirt incident sparks outrage

This is an article by Tsuai, my alter ego, published in Reporter.co.za

Women to march to Noord street taxi rank

The incident at the Noord street taxi rank in central Johannesburg, where a 25 year old woman’s clothes were torn apart because she was wearing a miniskirt, is an indication of how morally bankrupt and sick our society is.
Women say it raises concerns about the victimization of women by men and taxi drivers in particular. This is not the first time that such incident has occurred at this taxi rank.
They say that if the trend is allowed to continue without being checked by the authorities and conscientious community members, it will get out of control.
A group of women under the banner of Remmoho Women’s Forum, which is an initiative of the Anti Privatization Forum, will march to the Noord street taxi rank on Friday to highlight the plight of women who suffer sexual harassment and indecent assault at the hands of taxi drivers.
Teboho Mashota of Remmoho, which means we are together, said that this behavior ’has to come to an end, and it is not happening for the first time.’
They also want the authorities to improve security at the taxi rank and update them on progress of the investigation into the sexual assault case of the 25 year old woman.
’We also want an explanation as to what happened and why the police do not have footage from the closed circuit cameras in that area,’ she said
The march is expected to attract hundreds of women who will move from Beyers Naude Square to the Noord street taxi rank. They will be united in the fight for women to be treated with respect, dignity and humanity.

http://www.reporter.co.za/article.aspx?ID=RP21A716339

Letter to the Editor (The Star newspaper)

Published on Thursday February 14 2008. (Klipoortje is in Germiston and not Alberton)

There is no compelling reason to have two deputy presidents. One is enough as it is. The ANC deputy president, Kgalema Motlanthe, must wait for his time to come if he wants to serve in government.

During the time of the government of national unity it was understandable and justifiable to have two deputy presidents. The aim was to forge national unity in the country.

When Nelson Mandela became the country's president he had no experience in government. But he did make the best of his term as president and managed to serve as a symbol of unity and reconciliation. Let us hope that Motlanthe will wait until the next round of deployments to get into the government and then prove his worth as a leader.

Thando Tshangela
Klipoortje, Alberton