‘Let us put an end to the abuse’
"Rape cases usually take place at around 2 am, 3 am, 4 am and 5 am in the morning."
The Seventh-day Adventist Church (SDAC) held a march calling for an end to the ongoing abuse that is happening within our communities. The SDA church partnered with Roots and also extended their invitation to the MEC for Social Development, Nandi Mayathula-Khoza.
Their aim was to let people know that it is not okay to be abused and that there was help out there to stop victims from living in fear and silence.
Futhi Kgoasi from the women’s ministry said, “Your partner cannot blame not having a positive male role model while still continuing to abuse in the name of love while destroying you.
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“No one has a right to lay a hand on you, irrespective of what you did, you cannot be beaten and bruised when he comes back and claims that he did that all because of love.”
“Abuse in our communities will never end as long as we don’t teach our children-be it boy or girl-that ‘No’ means No,” she added.
MEC for Social Development, Nandi Mayathula-Khoza said, “Our elders are our archives and pathfinders. They have been through this stage and they are more experienced when it comes to these types of situations. We need to ask where did we go wrong?”
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“I am happy to stand here and address the issue of abuse and that we are not fighting this battle alone, we have support from churches also. The church cares about its community as they also help children with educational programmes and doing their community outreach programmes,” said Mayathula-Khoza.
Abuse does not only affect children and women but there are men who are being abused and find it painful to speak out but police are there to serve everyone.
She added that every year the 25th is an important day because that was when the united nation stood against abuse.
Representing the Meadowlands police Captain Pretty Mabena from the Meadowlands police said that women are abused daily and they don’t want to report it.
She concluded by saying, “Our children are being raped by their own uncles, brothers and fathers and as a family, you want to keep quiet about it while it affects the child mentally and academically.”
“Rape cases usually take place at around 2 am, 3 am, 4 am and 5 am in the morning. “There are lions out here and women need to be careful to never dance with the lions because you never know when last they had their supper,” said Mabona.
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