“Need This as Women”: SA Inventor Bohlale Mphahlele Shares How Alerting Earpiece Works in Video

• Bohlale Mphahlele invented a safety earring designed to help women protect themselves against gender-based violence in South Africa
• The earring works as a panic button that activates a hidden nano camera, recording video and sound as evidence against perpetrators
• The device sends recordings and GPS coordinates to trusted family members so they can locate the wearer in danger

A South African woman named Bohlale Mphahlele has developed a wearable safety device that could change how women respond to gender-based violence. The invention, revealed during a televised sit-down interview and shared by Instagram user @jonathanthetailor, looks like an ordinary earring but conceals technology designed to protect and empower victims.

Mphahlele explained that the earring functions as a panic button. When a victim is under threat, she presses the surface of the earring, which triggers a nano camera hidden within the design. The camera records video and audio, capturing the face of the perpetrator and building a body of evidence.

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Why evidence was the starting point

The inspiration behind the device came from a gap Mphahlele identified in how the justice system handles GBV cases. She said that victims in South Africa are frequently turned away by police because they lack sufficient proof. Her invention aims to close that gap by ensuring survivors arrive with solid, recorded evidence.

Once the device is activated, it automatically sends all recordings along with the wearer's GPS coordinates to pre-selected trusted contacts. This allows family members or friends to track the victim's location in real time during a dangerous situation.

Mphahlele said watching reports of rape cases and human trafficking on the news pushed her to act.

"I realised I can really be part of change rather than the victim of change, and try to come up with something that can be of help, not only to the people around me, but the people within South Africa and the world as well."

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She dedicated the award she received for the invention to every woman who has survived gender-based violence.

View the Instagram video below:

Mzansi reacts to the safety earring

South African women online were moved by the innovation and flooded the comments with support:

@violla__lala said:

"We definitely need this as women 🥹🇿🇦"

@noxii_sono wrote:

"Brightest idea 🥺❤️"

@iamwendycorduroythe2nd asked:

"Can we have these but as magnetic earrings? ❤️🥺"

@info_rmer3000 commented:

"How much is it?"

@jess_sterk urged:

"Spread this post 💜💜💜💜💜"

@duduxoli raised a sobering concern:

"Perpetrators are also listening 😢"

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Source: Briefly News