Siv Ngesi takes a stand on free sanitary pads debate Updated Stacey and JSbu Share this: Media personality and actor Siv Ngesi is known for a lot of things, one of them being his fearless attitude. Instagram Siv, has been known to be an advocate for the distribution of free sanitary pads in the country for some time, every year the actor runs a sanitary pads drive on behalf of those less fortunate. According to Siv, it is unthinkable that in the year 2021, that this conversation is still an issue for millions of South African women in the country who have no access to sanitary pads.