#RIPKhensani: Tributes pour in for Rhodes student after committing suicide
The student representative council (SRC) at Rhodes University has announced it will protest for an academic shutdown on this morning in honour of Khensani.
It is only six days into women’s month and already another woman has died after she was allegedly sexually assaulted.
Law student Khensani Maseko, a Rhodes University student, took her own life on Friday after she was raped. #RIPKhensani has trended over the weekend with social media users poured out their condolences. Her family has not released a statement surrounding the circumstances of her death. Her twitter timeline suggests that she may have been sexually assaulted as she retweeted and responded to some of the tweets about gender-based violence and sexual assault from different people.
Maseko was a student activist who was a Rhodes SRC Alumni and Miss Varsity Shield 2018/19. She last posted a picture on Instagram captioned: NO ONE DESERVES TO BE RAPED!
Twitter was abuzz with users expressing themselves about her death:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BmBDtNglyZh/?hl=en&taken-by=_khensani_
I am so so sorry, Khensani. Rest, baby girl. 😢💔 #RIPKhensani #SihleMaphumuloMustBeJailed #EnoughisEnough pic.twitter.com/V4EC8lgP4D
— Boity Thulo (@Boity) August 5, 2018
Its sad to see that during this very tragic and sad period, Men still don't understand that No means NO!! We can't get our heads around the concept of Consent and its importance. What a terrible world it is for women!#RIPKhensani
— Kutlwano Seale (@KutlwanoSeale) August 5, 2018
You recently posted that last picture, telling us that one day you’d give a TED Talk that would shake us all. You had so much left to do, so much left to achieve.
You didn’t deserve what happened to you. I’m so sorry.
I’m hurt. I’m numb.
Rest In Peace angel. ❤️ #RIPKhensani pic.twitter.com/5nwdRCq8FL
— IG: Katlego_Moncho (@Katlego_Moncho) August 4, 2018
https://twitter.com/MookiMotheo/status/1026124733920829440
https://twitter.com/raniwam4/status/1026065040561057792
When the world is filled with broken women, who will mother them?!!! Who?!!!!
Men are breaking us so irreparable!💔💔💔💔 It hurts!😤#RIPKhensani pic.twitter.com/QFLw4xAbjR
— Boitumelo Zitha👑 (@Boitumelo_Zitha) August 5, 2018
https://twitter.com/cjneema/status/1026098887361286145
