Jennifer Ferguson: "I don't want to demonize Danny Jordaan"
It's been several months since former MP and artist Jennifer Ferguson revealed in a blog that she was raped - twenty four years ago.
She named soccer boss, Danny Jordaan, as the perpetrator.
Now Ferguson, an artist, is back in the country to perform but also to create awareness around sexual abuse and assault with the #WeToo campaign.
At the height of the #MeToo campaign last year, Ferguson says she was spurred on to also tell her story.
"The real support we need are hearts and minds. Especially for people who feel that they don't have a voice, especially for women, especially for children that have no chance of having a voice to speak out," she told JacarandaFM news.
"My story, my one story, is one story amongst many, many thousands in South Africa. Our #WeToo is an attempt to raise not only the awareness that women are no longer going to accept this; we are no longer going to accept what has been sick sexual conduct perpetrated on us," she adds.
Ferguson says she does not want to demonize Jordaan but is seeking to embark on a process where a change in behaviour must be the main focus.
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She says the dominant culture of patriarchy, where men do not understand the concept of consent and women are not empowered to express their no, are some of the key characteristics that need to be addressed.
When asked why she does not seek justice through the courts, Ferguson responds: "Do you remember what happened to Khwezi?
"I don't own my story. The defendant, if he comes with a very high powered legal team, you remember what happened to Khwezi in her attempt to seek justice? It was a very humiliating, a psychologically very damaging experience for her."
Jordaan has denied the rape allegation.
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In a statement released in November last year, through his lawyers, Jordaan said that his perceived silence in the face of such serious allegations at the time, was because of his empathy with the victims of gender-based violence.
Jordaan's lawyers also stated that from a legal viewpoint, the allegations could only be ventilated in a court of law.