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Lion Mama: The woman who fought off her daughter’s rapists

Nokubonga Qampi also know as “Lion Mama” in South Africa after killing one of three men who raped her daughter and wounded the others.

It was the middle of the night when the telephone call came, waking Nokubonga from her sleep.

The girl at the other end of the line was just 500m away - and she said Nokubonga’s daughter, Siphokazi, was being raped by three men they all knew well.

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