Watch VideoProteas Women encourage bravery as they continue to raise GBV awareness, says Sinalo Jafta

The Proteas are hoping to close out the T20I series against Ireland at Boland Park on Sunday. Proteas Women’swicket-keeper batter Sinalo Jafta, with the Black Day One Day International (ODI) coming up against Pakistan Women in Durban, says the team wants to encourage the women in the country to be brave enough to speak out and seek help. Having won the T20I series against Pakistan 2-1,South Africaare scheduled to play three ODIs against the same outfit.

The first match is set to get underway on Sunday in Bloemfontein, with the second scheduled to be staged in Centurion on 25 February, while the third and final match of the series will take place in Durban on 01 March. With the next ODI World Cup a long way away, the main focus of the ODI series is the Black Day ODI in Durban, where the Proteas Women play their part in alleviating Gender Based Violence (BV) in the country. In an exclusive interview with Independent Media, Sinalo Jafta says the team wants to encourage the women of South Africa to be brave.

“I think if you look at just holistically what’s been going on around the country,there’s been a lot of awareness around it (GBV), and I mean, for us, we’ve kind of say,’well, you know what, we want to be brave and black’,” Jafta said. “With bravery comes a sportswomansaying, ‘You know what, it’s okay not to be okay’. You’re stepping out on the field regardless ofwhat’s going on at home.