Fifteen years ago, Andy Kawa (Class VIII: Mahube) survived a brutal attack on King’s Beach in Port Elizabeth. What began as a deeply personal trauma became a fifteen-year struggle to hold the state accountable for its failure to protect and to respond. Her case went all the way to the Constitutional Court, which in 2022 affirmed that the police have a constitutional duty to act with urgency and diligence in matters of gender-based violence.
Through this journey Andy has not sought sympathy but accountability. She has continued to build the Kwanele-Enuf Foundation, using her experience to push for systemic change so that other women do not have to walk the same lonely road.
The article below, shared with Andy’s permission, reflects on her story of recognition, resurrection and restitution—and what it means, in South Africa today, to say: Kwanele. Enough.
ANDY KAWA STORY: RECOGNITION, RESURRECTION AND RESTITUTION by Tshepo Koka, GSMN
