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Ilitha Labantu: Where South Africa’s Gender-Based Violence crisis stops being a statistic and becomes a Life

12 February 2026
Caption: Wall painting of Mma Mandisa Monakali, founder of Ilitha Labantu at the office in Gugulethu township in Cape Town
Photo: © UN South Africa/Ropafadzo Chiradza

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