Human rights award nominee in hiding as she fights for women’s land rights

Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini, who controls 2.8-million hectares of land in KwaZulu-Natal. Picture: SUNDAY TIMES/TEBOGO LETSIEJust a few of the murder attempts on SA women’s land rights activist Sizani Ngubane, nominated this week for a prestigious human rights award for her 40 years of activism.

“We are celebrating 25 years of democracy, but rural women are still treated like children. It is not in line with our constitution,” Ngubane, founder of the Rural Women’s Movement land rights group, said in a phone interview. “The trust has turned communities into tenants by leasing ancestral land to them,” said Ngubane, adding that a compulsory rent, rising 10% every year, has to be paid by community members, who otherwise face eviction.

“We are like one big family,” Ngubane said. “We have now begun to spread our wings into different parts of the country.”

Mad with power. She's brave. Our values need to adapt. Hit a women, you hit a nation.

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