Nomarussia Bonase

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Nomarussia Bonase at her award speech for the Anne Klein Women's Prize 2017

Nomarussia Bonase (born 1966 ) is a South African human rights activist . She is particularly committed to the rights of women who suffered under apartheid in South Africa.

life and work

Nomarussia Bonase grew up as the daughter of a miner near Johannesburg . Her mother had experienced massive violence, including sexual violence, while pregnant. Nomarussia Bonase strived for education at an early age, at the same time showed political awareness during her school days and repeatedly represented the concerns of her classmates to the school management. She was unable to attend university for financial reasons. After school she started working for a transport company, where she soon became a union member. Nomarussia Bonase lost a brother in the violent conflict in Johannesburg in the transition to democracy .

Bonase is National Coordinator of the Khulumani organization , which works for the victims and survivors of the apartheid regime in South Africa, especially those who have not been heard by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission . Among other things, the organization demands recognition of the fact that sexual violence was deliberately used as a weapon by the regime during this time. She encourages women to actively participate in the reconciliation process in the country and to bring in their specific perspectives as women. Nomarussia Bonase specifically supports the widows of miners whose husbands were shot by the police in Marikana during the South African miners' strike in 2012 . Bonase also draws the motivation for her work from the injustice she experienced herself.

For her commitment to women's rights in South Africa, she was awarded the Anne Klein Women's Prize by the Heinrich Böll Foundation in 2017 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ For justice and women's rights - afrika-sued.org. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
  2. ↑ “Wherever I went, I was appointed leader”. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
  3. ^ ZWD: Nomarussia Bonase: South African fighter for women's rights. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
  4. ↑ "We will make ourselves heard". December 2, 2014, accessed April 14, 2019 .
  5. ^ Deutsche Welle (www.dw.com): S. African activist battling for apartheid survivors picks up German award | DW | 02.03.2017. Retrieved April 14, 2019 (UK English).
  6. ↑ 2017 Anne Klein Women's Prize to Nomarussia Bonase. Retrieved April 14, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Bonase, Nomarussia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African human rights activist
DATE OF BIRTH 1966