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Jabulani Sikhakhane (Supplied) The death of community worker and activist Sizani Ngubane which is described in a statement by researcher Mary de Haas that has been circulating on social media since last Friday is yet another example of the failure of government. It is also a sad indictment of society at large. There’s more to this story Subscribe to News24 and get access to our exclusive journalism and features today. Subscribe ....
She said after being discharged from hospital, Thulani and his son went to check on Ngubane at her home after receiving no help. They found Ngubane’s decomposing body in the dining room of her home. “What they found was something no child or grandchild should have to deal with. Their experience [was] a gross violation of their mother’s/grandmother’s dignity, and their own cultural norms about respect. “Sizani Ngubane was a remarkable woman who has left a void in her brainchild, the Rural Women’s Movement. “Having been part of the National Women’s Coalition in the early 1990s, and having worked for the Association for Rural Advancement in Pietermaritzburg in the 1990s, she was determined to do something to empower the least empowered women of the province, those living in rural areas,” said De Haas. ....
RIP Sizani Ngubane: The cruel and lonely Covid-19 death of an exceptional woman By Opinion By Mary de Haas Confirmation of the death of Sizani Ngubane, aged 74, on December 23, sent shock waves through her extensive South African and international networks of those who knew her dedication to, and unceasing work for, the rights of rural women through the Rural Womenâs Network. However, when the announcement was made, she had been dead for days â perhaps even a week or more â having suffered a lonely, tormented Covid-19 death in her Hilton home. Fingers are now being pointed at the provincial Department of Health and the local police for their failure to respond to the barrage of pleas from her son, Thulani, who had himself been hospitalised, seriously ill with Covid-19, to assist her. ....
A T THE AGE of 74, with barely enough feet and inches to peer over the steering wheel, Sizani Ngubane makes for an unlikely racer. Yet one afternoon in October she hurtles up the N2 motorway, which hugs the east coast of South Africa before heading inland through the heart of the former Zulu kingdom, swerving past trucks and errant cattle. Listen to this story Enjoy more audio and podcasts oniOSorAndroid. Not for the first time, Ms Ngubane (pictured above) is on a mission. She and your frazzled correspondent arrive in the town of Jozini as the sun wanes behind hills dotted with fever trees. We are just in time to meet applicants in a court case co-led by Ms Ngubane’s organisation, the Rural Women’s Movement, that could strike a blow against one of the most controversial institutions in South Africa. ....