At Rhodes University, women annually strip off their clothes to use their bodies as message-boards to carry statements against sexual violence.
LOVE INTERRUPTED is set partially in the university town of Grahamstown and partially in rural Limpopo. The stories in this collection have an intimate feel, like conversations eavesdropped on.
The international 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign begins later this month. Grocott's Mail student reporter Faiza Mallick gives an overview of gender-based violence in South Africa and ways in which it is being addressed.