Speaking out against gun violence

Waking four months later in a hospital, she stayed there another nine months. The physical recovery included speech therapy and physiotherapy; the psychological trauma meant seven more months at a mental institution.

Mmabatho Moyo is not her real name, but the pen name she used when writing her story in 2008 during Gender Links "I" Stories project, an annual initiative in which survivors of gender violence write and publish personal narratives.