Black day: widow stands up for her rights as village turns against her
ANCWL intervenes after Fikile Mlaba is asked to leave her village for refusing to wear black to mourn her husband’s death
15 March 2021 - 19:54
Fikile Mlaba observed International Women’s Day last week week feeling like a “fugitive” in her own village, after she was branded as being a harbinger of bad luck, and for standing up to a traditional authority in northern KwaZulu-Natal...
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