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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Julie Bourdin in Orange Farm

Celebrate, remember and reframe: the therapy sessions healing South Africa’s women

Four African women talk in a dimly lit communal area
Karabo Ramabulana, 26, speaks with other facilitators from Phola before a ‘COURRAGE’ counselling session in Orange Farm township, South Africa. Photograph: Julie Bourdin

Red curtains and ceiling drapes create a pink-tinged glow inside the run-down community centre, an hour south of Johannesburg, where Palesa Hlohlolo tells her neighbours about her experiences of domestic violence.

“I’m not a punching bag and I’ll never be one. For anyone,” she says, grabbing a tissue from a rapidly emptying box.

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