Anne Klein Women's Award 2017 to Nomarussia Bonase

The 2017 Laureate: Nomarussia Bonase

Nomarussia Bonase from South Africa campaigns for victims and survivors of the apartheid regime - especially for women who were not heard by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1996-1998) and who should be entitled to justice and reparations. Nomarussia Bonase is National Coordinator at "Khulumani". "Khulumani” means "to speak up, to speak out, to take the floor". The organisation has 104,000 members who are apartheid victims/survivors. With "Khulumani", Nomarussia Bonase also supports widows whose husbands were shot dead by the South African police during the strike of miners at the Lonmin platinum mine in Marikana in August 2012.