Stigmatisation, kidnappings and killings of people living with albinism must stop. This message was made loud and clear during the march in Pretoria to highlight the plight of people living with albinism.
In the latest incident, two children, one of them an albino were kidnapped from their home in Hlalanikahle in eMalahleni in Mpumalanga and later found murdered.
Supporters of the Tassie Foundation and others have marched to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to seek government intervention. Priska Motswatswa, who lives with albinism, says people with albinism suffer prejudice on a daily basis.
“We are usually being made fun of and we are being discriminated on daily basis and there’s always pre-judgemental that we always come across where people just judge us before they even know us and we also have experienced a lot of sexual assaults which is one thing that’s on going these days, a lot of sexual assaults wherever we go.”
Tassie Foundation Chairperson Bruce Sithole says the march is a call for an end to albinism killings. “We are saying albinism killings must fall. So under the killings, it is our headliner, but under the killings, we have the rituals which are happening. We have the rape cases which are happening. So this is the message we are saying, it is enough. I mean, why are we killing our brothers and sisters who are humans just like us, the difference is just the skin colour?
