Lithongo Ngqandana

Public Relations and Communication Practitioner Mental Health advocate Anti-GBV campaigner.

[Lithongo Ngqandana @thongo_31]

This is my last post in this series, but the fight isn’t over. GBV destroys lives and poor mental health keeps survivors in silence. Let’s keep speaking, supporting and standing together. Always.
#BreakTheSilence #stopgbv #HealingJourney #withLithongo #cputmediacreatives

[Lithongo Ngqandana @thongo_31]

Why didn’t they leave? Because fear, trauma and manipulation are real, mental health suffers under abuse. Instead of judging survivors let’s support them.

#Stopgbv #MentalHealthAwareness #BreakTheSilence #cputmediacreatives

[Lithongo Ngqandana @thongo_31]

Survivors are not weak. They are living proof that pain doesn’t win. Let’s create spaces that honour healing and not silence it.

#BreakTheSilence #stopGBV #MentalHealthAwareness #cputmediacreatives

[Zipho Piliso @zipho_piliso]

Guess the price 😭🤚🏼
#CPUTMedia
#CPUTMediaCreatives
#ziphothemodel

[NtomboNina @uThabi1]

5 teenage girls have gone missing in the Plumstead/Wynberg area this week alone. Please share far and wide. Please.

[Typical African @Joe__Bassey]

In South Africa 🇿🇦 three black kids were killed by a Boer (White South African) Driver who claimed they were animals. This is how cruel a human heart is, yet they claim there is a white genocide in SA.

[Thuso van Zyl 🇿🇦 @Thuso1Africa]

This is Alexander Towne, 32 year white afrikanner from Cape Town, South Africa. Left SA because of crime he says. Immigrated to America and then ended up murdering his own wife Kim Towne in Virginia USA this past weekend. Terrible things are happening in America @DonaldTrump

[Zipho Piliso @zipho_piliso]

#CPUTMedia
#CPUTMediaCreatives

[Leticia Schoeman @LeticiaSchoeman]

Officially, my last post on this account. Posting content more consistently taught me way more than just how to edit or pick a good angle it taught me confidence. I stopped waiting to be “ready” and started showing up as I am. It’s not about being perfect it’s about being present

[Women For Change @womenforchange5]

Olorato Mongale, 30, lifeless body was found by community members in Lombardy West, Johannesburg, on 25 May 2025. She had been last seen just two hours earlier, around 3pm, when she left her home in Athol with a man she had planned to go on a date with. When concerned friends were unable to reach Olorato, they used the “Find My Phone” feature, which led them to a site in Bramley, where her phone and other belongings had been dumped.

Olorato’s family opened a missing persons case at Bramley Police Station around 6pm. However, the police only initiated the search shortly after midnight, citing a lack of available vehicles, as the station had only one functioning vehicle that day.

Meanwhile, community members had already found a body in Lombardy West at 5pm and had alerted Sandringham Police Station. Shockingly, only around 2am, Bramley police were informed that the lifeless body of a woman was found. This was not only a horrific experience for the family - who were still searching for Olorato - but it also raises serious concerns about communication lapses between the Sandringham and Bramley Police Stations, which are in close proximity to each other. Olorato’s family was only able to identify her body the following morning. Despite these setbacks, the investigating detective has been commended by the family for his dedication, consistent communication, and active pursuit of leads in the case.

A manhunt is currently underway for a suspect known only as ‘John’, who is believed to be involved in Olorato’s murder. He was last seen driving a white VW Polo bearing a cloned number plate ‘LT 57 JG GP’, which is registered to a Toyota Hilux. We are abaolutely heartbroken over the loss of such a beautiful soul. Another sister was murdered. How many more until we declare GBV and femicide a National Disaster? #WomenForChange #SayHerName #UnburyTheTruth #EnoughSaid #AmINext

[Lithongo Ngqandana @thongo_31]

Being a student while healing from abuse is like carrying a backpack full of bricks no one can see. You’re strong for showing up and you’re brave for surviving.
#stopGBV #BreakTheSilence #CPUTMediaCreatives

[Lithongo Ngqandana @thongo_31]

Normalize asking “Are you safe at home?” because not everyone skips lectures because they’re lazy.
Sometimes it’s survival.
#stopGBV #MentalHealthAwareness #healingJourney #cputmediacreatives

[SABC News @SABCNews]

[BREAKING NEWS]
The three people convicted of human trafficking and kidnapping in the case of six-year-old Joshlin Smith have been sentenced to life imprisonment.

[Women For Change @womenforchange5]

The Western Cape High Court has sentenced Joshlin Smith's mother, Racquel “Kelly” Smith, Jacquen Appollis, and Steveno van Rhyn to life imprisonment for human trafficking, and 10 years for the kidnapping of six-year-old Joshlin.

Joshlin went missing on 19 February 2024 from her home in Diazville, Saldanha Bay.

Judge Nathan Erasmus stated that he "drew no distinction" between the trio when handing down the sentences.

"On the human trafficking charge, you are sentenced to life imprisonment. On the kidnapping charge, you are sentenced to 10 years imprisonment," he said.

While we welcome the court’s decision, the painful and unanswered question remains: Where is Joshlin?
#womenforchange #unburythetruth #sayhername

[Athlenda Mathe @AthlendaM]

[HIJACKED WOMAN RESCUED] Well done to the Soweto flying squad for their vigilance. Today, they stopped two vehicles during a stop and search operation in the area, the vehicles had 7 men and one woman. During interrogation, SAPS found that the woman was hijacked & rescued her

[Chuma Nxasana @hijunior_rant]

Men will survive a car crash, eat Flamin’ Hot Cheetos for breakfast, and still say ‘I don’t need skincare.’ Until a woman shows up with a serum and suddenly he’s asking what ‘retinol’ is like it’s a new drug. 😅🤦🏽‍♂️

#CputMediaCreatives
#garnierskin

[SABC News @SABCNews]

[WATCH] KwaZulu-Natal Police Commissioner, Lieutenant-General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi, says the mother of a suspect in the Olorato Mongale murder case has also been taken in for questioning. This after she allegedly tipped off her son that police were looking for him.

[Zipho Piliso @zipho_piliso]

Running on sunshine and sea breeze ❤️. #ziphothemodel
#cputmediacreatives #cputmedia

[Lithongo Ngqandana @thongo_31]

Some people aren’t quiet for fun.
They’re quiet because trauma taught them to shrink. Gender based violence doesn’t always leave bruises but sometimes it leaves silence.
#MentalHealthAwareness #stopGBV #CPUTMediaCreatives

[Lithongo Ngqandana @thongo_31]

To anyone surviving abuse, heartbreak and high functioning depression uou are not alone and your story matters.
Help exists, even when it feels far away.
#MentalHealthAwareness #stopGBV #CPUTMediaCreatives