I know its hard because how do you even begin ... but find that one pe — Nelisiwe Sibiya

"The issue is we dont trust each other, especially as women. But the trick is, the first thing that really helps us get out of abusive situations and stay out, is to talk about it"

"I am passionate about storytelling, I am a black woman and I know the hardships we face. I am excited about the people involved in this project. Some survivors of these atrocities, some having encountered abuse in their families, some in relationships - we all know of someone that has been abused and this is why we need to stand up and do something"

"When we were staying in Joburg. We were staying with my aunt and things were not nice there. There was a lot of abuse that I never even spoke about ... they ended up throwing us out of the house and we went to stay in a shack"

"You have to be determined to get out but thats also hard, because the abuse kills your willpower and sometimes you dont want to fight any more. It took me forever to get to a place where I could trust a man enough to date him because of everything I went through"

"You need to speak — the more I spoke about it the more things became clearer for me. The more I spoke the more I became honest with myself. Thats how I began to heal. Not talking about it is one of the foremost reasons why women are depressed"

"Id have to go and sleep in the bathroom before Id start working. That happened for six months and no-one knew. There was another woman who used to work in the bathrooms who eventually started leaving a blanket for me"