INJUSTICE: 15 years later, still no justice for Akhona Geveza in a system that buries the truth
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Akhona Geveza (Image:Facebook)
15 years ago, a young and promising life was stolen. Today, her voice still echoes — unanswered, unheard. Akhona Geveza, a 19-year-old maritime cadet from the rural Nxarhuni in East London, South Africa, embarked on a Transnet learnership with dreams of building a better future. She never made it back home, dying mysteriously in the foreign high seas in the hands of those who were supposed to look after her as an intern.
In June 2010, her lifeless body was found floating off the coast of Croatia while aboard a Safmarine vessel. Before her death, Akhona confided in her father that she was being sexually harassed by a senior officer on the ship — a man who referred to her as "his wife." She feared for her life, and tra...