SIYANDA MNGAZA IS FREE. SIYANDA IS A 22-YEAR-OLD BLACK WOMAN WHO WAS IMPRISONED LAST YEAR FOR GBH. SHE WAS DEFENDING HERSELF AGAINST A RACIALLY-MOTIVATED ATTACK . BELOW IS A MESSAGE FROM SIYANDA “Hi All So, I’m finally out of prison now and have been using the last few weeks to re-adjust and find my new normal. I just want to say a massive thank you for all the support and kindness that many of you have shown. The last two plus years have been the hardest of my life and I don’t think I could’ve remained as positive without the letters, cards, books etc that I was sent over the course of my imprisonment. I just wanted you all to know how much I adored and appreciated all the effort many of you went through to give me some comfort in my time of crisis and I hope to get in touch with many of you soon Although I am now released and able to return to some normality, this fight is not over. I am still fighting for freedom from criminalisation and seeking justice. I will never stop fighting to expose the truth. In the background, we are working tirelessly on an appeal to the supreme court, tirelessly because it is not as easy to prove your innocence as it is for them to wrongfully convict you. This system works by breaking you down until you don’t have the strength to fight anymore but with the continued support of my family, friends and supporters, I know that I will be able to always find the strength to continue. So please, continue to follow and share my story so that we can show this racist system that regardless of the mistreatment, abuse, oppression and complete disregard for our lives, no matter how hard they try, they will never silence us. We will have equal justice for all. We will have equity and black lives DO matter.” SIYANDA Mngaza https://freesiyanda.com/ #siyandamngaza