

Home however wasn't where she wanted to be as she longed for uncomplicated friendships and her dysfunctional family couldn't offer her that.


She mentions that when she gets to Johannesburg her life changes completely. From having an abusive father, she is gang raped in a club in Bloemfontein while she is at boarding school. Jackie highlights how her relationship with men changed depending on who she met by referring to the incidents she has encountered. The aim of this event was look in depth at the things she speaks about in her book like transactional sex, life in Sandton, sex cults, abuse and rape and to make people cautious of this society. To celebrate women’s day, Jackie Phamotse engaged with an audience at the University of Johannesburg(UJ) to discuss her new book, a sequel titled BARE: The Cradle of the Hockey club.

“Having a soldier for a father, an abuser of note really changed my life and how I view men,” says a writer as she opens up about her relationship with men and how she found herself part of a secret society in Africa.
