Monday, November 3, 2025 - A 19-year-old student of Nelson Mandela University in South Africa, Sesethu Enhle Mboza, committed suicide after she was brutally r@ped by a fellow student.
According
to advocacy group, Women For Change, Mboza took her life on 29 October
2025.
“After
allegedly being r@ped in October, Sesethu opened a case with the police. The
perpetrator was arrested but later released on bail,” the group said in a
statement on Sunday.
"Despite
this, Nelson Mandela University failed to take adequate action, allowing her
alleged attacker to remain on campus.
"Sesethu
suffered from severe trauma and panic attacks after repeatedly seeing her
perpetrator on campus, the very place where she should have felt safe.
"Women
For Change is deeply shocked and outraged that a student charged with rape was
allowed to return to campus, the very environment where his victim should have
felt protected and supported. This is not only a failure of compassion but a
complete disregard for the safety and mental well-being of survivors. Where are
the Gender-Based Violence policies that universities are required to have in
place to protect their students? Survivors should never have to relive their
trauma by crossing paths with their perpetrators.
“We call
on Nelson Mandela University and all higher education institutions to take full
accountability and urgently strengthen their GBV response mechanisms. No
survivor should ever be left feeling unsafe, unheard, or unsupported within a
place of learning. Sesethu’s life mattered. She deserves justice.”
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