Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene

I am in conversation with Dr Menzi Mkhize.

Dr. AM Mkhize is a medical doctor who qualified at the University of KwaZuluNatal. He has both critical care and rural medicine experience but decided to
pour his passion into public health.
Dr Mkhize has a passion for serving and advocating for the marginalized. He is an LGBTQIA+ affirming provider.

He is currently stationed at the Bertha Gxowa care centre, where he provides clinical forensics and medical services in the form of mostly post-gender-based violence care.
The centre is LGBTQIA+ friendly.

He also has been part of an anti-kidnapping effort tackling the Grindrkidnapping syndicate targeting LGBTQIA+ people through the Grindr app and other applications.

The centre is a medicolegal centre where he consults:
* Survivors of gender-based violence in the form of domestic violence and Intimate Partner Violence.
* Sexual offences: J88 completion and Evidence collection.
* Court summons.
* Trafficking in persons
* Child neglect and abuse: form 22.
* Elderly abuse victims
* Medical assessments for kids who need placement into the foster health system.
* Substance abuse
* Psychosocial support services.
* Sexual and reproductive health services.

#speakingthroughmyworld #lgbt #DrAMMkhize #BerthaGxowacarecentre #LGBTQIA+affirmingprovider

RISHA PATAK-HARIE from I-lead self-defense.


As South Africans, we face various forms of violence. Our government has shown its position on combatting GBV, which looks progressive on paper only. As we operate in territories we are familiar with and experts at, we also need to know how to protect ourselves. 

I am in conversation with Risha Patak-Harie from I-lead self-defense.
Following a near kidnapping on the streets of Johannesburg, founder Risha Patak-Harie created i-LEAD to help vulnerable women and children learn to protect themselves. The i-LEAD Self-Defense system is built for women and children and caters to real-life dangers and threat scenarios
https://i-lead.org.za/
https://www.instagram.com/ileadselfdefense/
https://www.facebook.com/ILeadSelfDefense/

MNET has a new series called School Ties, debuting 16 May 2024 at 21:00.

School Ties is a ground-breaking and harrowing four-part documentary series

about the grooming and sexual abuse of learners at some of South Africa’s

most prominent, prestigious boys’ schools.

Produced by Idea Candy, the docuseries series uncovers the truth behind

grooming and abuse in schools across the country, the aftermath, and what

government, schools, and society are doing this to stop abuse in its tracks.

 I am in conversation with the series director Richard Finn Gregory and Luke
Lamprecht, who has three decades of experience working in the nonprofit and child protection sector, he is a thought leader on child protection and development.

#SchoolTies

#Ideacandy

#Mnet101

#Speakingthroughmyworld

TRIGGER WARNING 

Expelled Rabbis:

Sa’ar Shaked had been charged with violating Ethics Code Section V (Sexual Boundaries).  He was temporarily suspended pending an Ethics Enquiry during which time he resigned from the SAAPR. The Ethics Panel concluded its process and recommended his expulsion which was ratified by the SAAPR members in February 2024. He is no longer a member of the SAAPR.

https://saupj.org.za/the-sa-association-of-progressive-rabbis/

The synagogue allegedly tried to silence those who spoke out.  
Why was he protected by so many in power?

Feminists in Kenya is a Black feminist movement organizing and amplifying feminist discourse and practice and building solidarity across other feminist movements.


In 2018, SA feminists, activists, advocates, and the public rallied together for the first-ever Total Shutdown march. Loyiso Saliso is the initiator and strategic mobilizer for the #TheTotalShutdown Womxn's Movement. As soon as plans were in action our neighboring countries joined forces and soon it became evident that SGBVF is not just a South African problem. 
In 2019, alarmed by the increasing cases of femicide and Intimate Partner Violence in Kenya, soon activists and feminists rallied together in the #TotalShutdownKe march to protest and demand accountability. Sadly, femicide persists today, exacerbated by an increasingly misogynistic online environment. 

In this episode, I am chatting with Vivian Ouya, the co-founder of Feminists in Kenya.  

Their mission is “Redefining feminism in African Womxn’s views through the Celebration of African feminists in spaces that are inclusive, inter-sectional and Afrocentric.”

Kisumu Feminist Society was legally registered in 2018 by a group of young women from Kisumu who saw the need to have an intersectional and inclusive feminist movement in the region.
Kisumu is the third-largest city in Kenya after the capital, Nairobi, and Mombasa.

In conversation with Afrika, the coordinator.

Twitter:
Kisumu Feminists' Society
@RadFemskisumu
Instagram
@radfemskisumu

https://linktr.ee/kisumufeministssociety

Nadine Dirks is a writer, public speaker, activist, and communications expert.
Her work, interests, and expertise lie in intersectional feminism, gender, and sexuality, including sexual and reproductive health and rights.
Her passions come from her lived experiences.

Nadine is the author of Hot Water.
The book investigates how endometriosis affects the way young women function and navigate the world, and how this becomes especially complicated for those who are underprivileged and reliant on the public sector’s healthcare system. In Hot Water, Nadine Dirks reveals the unique issues of racism, sexism, classism, fatphobia, and slut-shaming that African women experience within the context of healthcare facilities, and how especially jarring it is when the stigma comes from medical staff whom one expects to have the patient’s care as their primary concern. All of this has enraged Dirks and catapulted her into becoming a sexual reproductive health and rights advocate.

Hot Water tells the story of how people with chronic illness are treated daily, at school, university, and socially for being differently abled; how people are regarded as lazy, aggressive, disappointing, and lacking, among multiple other things for being unwell in comparison to their healthy counterparts.

One cannot look at seeking adequate healthcare as a young, black, underprivileged woman on the Cape Flats without experiencing racism in the most blatant of ways. Even with guidelines in place, the book shows that it is next to impossible to invoke those rights even if you are aware of them for fear of being victimised and excluded from the system.

Social media detox and dopamine fasting.

Come with me as I share the journey of my 21-day social media detox and dopamine fast. I abstained from X, Instagram, TikTok, Facebook, LinkedIn, and YouTube for 21 days. 

A dopamine fast is the practice of denying yourself gratification (music, sugar, sex, social media, or whatever your poisons are) for a set time, I completed 24 hours. It is based on the idea that abstaining from external stimuli will 'reset' your happiness baseline, allowing you to 'feel more' when the fast is finished.

The process was worth it and also helped me set my intentions for the year. 

Stepping into the 5th floor with clarity and even more purpose and agency. 

#speakingthroughmyworld #socialmediadetox #dopaminefasting #steppingontothe5thfloor.

Dshamilja Roshani is a Berlin-born poet, writer, and performer of German-Iranian descent based in South Africa. Formally trained in Political Science and Creative Writing, their work explores themes such as queerness, identity, home, and belonging.
With poetry at the core of their creative expression.

Dshamilja is constantly looking for ways to expand and reinvent the scope of the art form. In this quest, they have developed diverse skill sets in many mediums, from writing to music, theatre, multimedia video formats, and live performances.

Dshamilja was featured on international platforms across South Africa, the US, and Germany such as Poetry Africa, The Joburg Theatre, The Mail & Guardian, Decolonoize Festival, The African Women Writers Network, and The Poetry Meets Series. They won The Future of Gender 2022 competition, received the Button Poetry Video Contest 2021 Honorable Mention, and ranked third in the WordNSound 2021 Digital Slam Finale.
Dshamilja’s debut album The Pride of Water was released in March 2023 and critically acclaimed as a “sonically astute and lyrically satisfying” body of work.


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The Law vs GBV/IPV

Society and communities are quick to say that victims/survivors of GBV/IPV should open cases and let the law take its course. The reality is that the course has many loopholes and challenges which can be exacerbated by those in power or who have certain privileges.

In this podcast, I speak on two specific cases.

* Monique Muller received a positive outcome from The Legal Practice Council. Monique made a formal complaint against  Mrs E J Louis (Thomson Wilks Inc.) .
The Disciplinary Committee considered the matter on 19 September 2023 and found that Mrs Louis contravened two charges and was found guilty. For both charges, the Committee IMPOSED a FINE of R20 000 half of which is suspended for 5 years on condition that Ms Louis is not found guilty of the same or similar offence within the said period. 

* The other case I refer to is a positive judgement passed down by the Johannesburg High Court, that overturned a protection order against an alleged perpetrator. The legal team that took on the case pro bono for the victim/survivor is Melvin Neale Inc. 

The judgement -

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/melvin-neale-8ba0402b_lw-v-kca-judgment-13102023-activity-7122153361474269185-XiXQ?utm_source=share&utm_medium=member_desktop