Main Ep 11: Alison Botha, the Survivor

This week’s episode is the unbelievable survival story of Alison Botha, a woman who went through so many unfathomable things, but lived to tell her story. I feel so honored to get to discuss this amazing woman and her enduring strength. Trigger Warning: sexual assault, violence, attempted murder.

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• Alison’s Book
• Alison’s Film

Sources:

Tinning, Danielle. "‘Do You Think She’s Dead?’: Inside The Incredible Survival Story Of Alison Botha." AllThatsInteresting.com, October 22, 2023, https://allthatsinteresting.com/alison-botha. Accessed April 18, 2024.

Bridger, E. (2024). Apartheid’s ‘rape crisis’: understanding and addressing sexual violence in South Africa, 1970s–1990s. Women’s History Review, 33(2), 265–284. https://doi.org/10.1080/09612025.2023.2219535

Other sources:

• https://www.news24.com/news24/southafrica/news/pair-sentenced-in-1995-for-rape-of-alison-botha-granted-parole-20230704
• https://authorcindyparmiter.medium.com/kidnapped-at-knifepoint-raped-disemboweled-left-for-dead-the-incredible-survival-story-of-9d7e1547582d