Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene
"Speaking truth through an African feminist lens—amplifying our voices through impactful artivism rooted in ancestral wisdom and healing."
Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene
Rosie Motene is driven by three core passions: womxn, Africa, and the arts. As a Pan-African queer feminist, writer, activist, speaker, and media proprietor, she draws on over 30 years of experience in media and more than two decades in feminist and LGBTQI+ activism. Rosie is also a certified counsellor and life coach, currently completing postgraduate studies in Drama Therapy and Psychology.
Her podcast, #SpeakingThroughMyWorld, explores urgent and underrepresented issues across gender-based violence, queer rights, the arts, and the African experience. It offers bold, intersectional conversations rooted in advocacy, healing, and creative resistance.
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Speaking Through My World with Rosie Motene
Introduction - The crisis of Gender Based Violence in South Africa
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Gender-based violence is a pandemic in South Africa. According to the Africa Health Organisation, 51% of women in South Africa say they have experienced gender-based violence, with 76% of men saying they've perpetrated gender-based violence at one stage in their lives.
In this episode, Rosie Motene, a Witsie, talks about her experience of physical violence, which took place behind the Wits theatre on campus.