Anti-gender-based violence (GBV) activists are calling out South Africans – significantly those that supported Chris Brown – who’ve strongly reacted to a viral video of Sbusiso Lawrence Ntaka.

The US singer – who has a protracted historical past of home violence and anger points – wrapped up his South African tour over the weekend.

Simply days later, KwaZulu-Natal man Sbusiso killed his girlfriend Nontobeko Cele in a jealous rage, posting photographs and movies of it on his Fb account. He later dedicated suicide, reported authorities.

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SBUSISO LAWRENCE NTAKA OUTRAGE: CHRIS BROWN SA SUPPORTERS CATCH STRAYS

On social media, the tragedy of Sbusiso Lawrence Ntaka’s mindless homicide of his girlfriend, Nontobeko Cele, and his subsequent suicide was a scorching matter.

Many South Africans expressed their disgust, fears, and issues at one more GBV killing.

Nonetheless, plenty of X customers, together with anti-GBV activists, have known as out those that simply days in the past supported and defended Chris Brown’s South African live performance. His two performances over the weekend at FNB Stadium got here simply days after the nation wrapped up its 16 Days of Activism marketing campaign. It additionally got here after authorities IGNORED a petition to cancel the present and deny the artist entry into the nation.

Right here’s what a couple of needed to say…

@_Juicyyy___: “Supporting males like Chris Brown in a rustic like South Africa the place GBV is prevalent really allows abusive males. It’s a domino impact.”

@oneeleng_: “Do you see why it’s vital NOT to offer abusers platforms? The truth that you guys wilfully ignore how the tradition of abuse is all interlinked is what we’re actually offended about. The truth that y’all stay on this nation the place this occurs each day is WORSE. Do you get it now?”

@abahndons: “Public assist of males like Chris Brown is what results in the actions of males like Sbusiso Lawrence. By the best way, everybody who was at that live performance this weekend has contributed to the GBV charge on this nation.”

@i_likebrandon: “It’s so alarming seeing some ladies come out to share their disgust in regards to the Sbusiso Lawrence video. Getting offended about males laying arms on ladies. However of their timelines, they went to Chris Brown’s concert events”.

@YoliShade: “You can’t be sick and disgusted by the actions of a person killing a girl while you actively spent cash simply this previous weekend supporting an abuser and rapist.”

Anti-GBV activist Nampree (actual identify Siphelele Madikizela), who beforehand accused DJ Recent and Euphonik of sexual assault, tweeted: “Final week you understood why Chris Brown hit Rihanna, he was younger. You additionally ignored that only recently, he harm Usher while making an attempt to hit a girl once more.

“In the present day you perceive why Sibusiso killed a girl; he was ‘performed and used.’ I’m wondering while you’ll cease ‘understanding’”.

NGO Ladies For Change posted: “Whenever you stay in a rustic the place a person is ready to unalive his girlfriend, put up an image of her physique after which take a video proper after he did it, and it’s nonetheless on-line.

“Proper after 16 Days of Activism and a Chris Brown sold-out live performance…no phrases are wanted. The actions converse for us all!”. 

A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE

Like Chris Brown, Sbusiso Lawrence Ntaka allegedly had a protracted historical past of violence and abuse.

Talking to Newzroom Afrika, an unidentified member of the family claimed that it was not the primary time that the KwaZulu-Natal man – a instructor at a neighborhood major faculty – had been violent in the direction of his accomplice Nontobeko Cele.

As beforehand reported, the girl, an aunt, stated: “In Could this yr, Sbu ran Nontobeko over in a automotive. We thought Ntobe had died. We predict it was on objective. Nonetheless, on the time, we dismissed it and thought it was only a mistake.

“They’d a violent relationship, however we didn’t pay a lot consideration to it. After the accident, Ntobe admitted that Sbu was violent and abusive in the direction of her”.

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