‘When we hear our neighbours screaming, we have an obligation’ – sexual violence forum hears

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'We cannot just keep talking about numbers. We need to humanise those numbers,' says Josina Machel during the plenary.

Josina Machel recounted her experience of violence at a forum in Cape Town. Photo: Madison Yauger / GroundUp

“When we hear our neighbours screaming, we have an obligation to ring that bell, phone security and not stop,” she said. “When you hear silence, we’ve failed.” Four years ago, on October 17, 2015, Machel was assaulted by her then partner, a wealthy Maputo businessman, inside his car. She was hit on the head three times and lost her sight in one eye.

After the third blow to the back of her head, Machel escaped from the car and ran down the road screaming for help in several languages. No one came out. She could only hear dogs barking. Machel left Mozambique to seek treatment at a European clinic where she found out that her retina had burst on the night of the assault and the damage was irreparable.

 

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