Gender violence in South Africa (radio format)

THE SOUTH AFRICAN RESEARCH COUNCIL SAYS VIOLENCE IS OFTEN USED TO CONTROL WOMEN IS WORLDWIDE -- ESPECIALLY IN AFRICA.

A RECENT STUDY BY THE COUNCIL AND OTHER INTERNATIONAL HEALTH ORGANISATIONS HAS FOUND THAT ONE IN 14 WOMEN WORLDWIDE WILL AT SOME STAGE IN THEIR LIFE BE SEXUALLY ASSAULTED BY SOMEONE OTHER THAN A PARTNER.

THIS STUDY WAS DONE IN 56 COUNTRIES INCLUDING SOUTH AFRICA, ZIMBABWE, AUSTRALIA AND INDIA.

INDIA HAD THE MOST CASES…

THE COUNCIL’S NAEEMAH ABRAHAMS SAYS CULTURE AND SOCIAL DEMOGRAPHIC BACKGROUND IMPACTS SEXUAL VIOLENCE GLOBALLY

ABRAHAMS SAYS MOST WOMEN DO NOT REPORT SEXUAL ASSAULT DUE TO THE STIGMA OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE INMOST AREAS:

Just saying

Some say they prefer apartheid government but I don't, today I was just chatting with my friends on the train on my way back from campus, it was hurting to hear that some people prefer apartheid times, due to tribalism, nipotism, lack of progress, and  corruption ect. Another friend of mine, more like an acquaintance  even said he would give his name to the rich companies who do not hire black people (African, Coloureds, Indians and Chinise) so that they can get an income from the government as long as he get his big pierce of chunk to enjoy, nothing makes more angrier than people who do not want a change, who wants to add on the chains, how can we expect a greater country that is full with possibilities if we act like slaves, even though we free?

 What about those who are qualified to be there but they can't be there? It is painful to hear those things coming from young people who are probably the future of this country, yes we are facing lot of problems and challenges in our country, especially young people, challenges like unemployment and poverty, but that doesn't give us reasons to do such things, things that helps our country to move backwards, that's not humanity, we want our country to grow.

 That's means, if you agree that you would use your name for a company that you not even part of it, you would give classified information to destroy the country as well, there is no difference in that or there is? Poverty is a sensitive thing, people would do anything just to put something on the table, I mean anything even selling people or their own souls, but you would never go to bed with empty stomach while you are around people, this is coming from whose life is a living witness of that, but I am still alive, poverty never made me to compromise my values.

Who are you going to vote for?

We all know how things become when its election time, lot of similar promises from different parties and less delivery at times. But a moment of truth is coming once again where we elect people to lead us, but we finds our selves caught in the hub, where we feel that we have to be loyal in the certain party and still need service delivery.  Let’s see what happened in the past five years, after the elections.

• We have seen people in Marikana being killed by officers in Rusternberg.
• We’ve seen toilets saga in Cape Town and poo dumping in public areas like airport and one of the biggest roads in Cape Town.
• Education system is Limpompo and Eastern Cape and book saga in Limpompo
• Nelson Mandela’s family financial battle
• BaThembu
• Gupta family landing in a military air base

Possible parties to look up to in the next year’s elections.

ANC

DA

COPE

AGANG
Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF),

UDM

Most of these parties haven’t gotten a chance to prove that they can do the job. Lets start with ANC.

They started with a bang  but lost it along the way.
DA- who took over Western Cape by storm managed to do a lot in a short space of time, but kind of failed to deliver to everyone, according to Khayelitsha people.
AGANG- a new party formed by respected person, with dignified integrity, with a promising future, but it is likely that people will not belive in it from the the beginning.
COPE- The only party that was capable of taking down ANC at that time but became greedy and South Africans lost hope in it.

And we also have a knew kid in the block, the Economic Freedom Fighter,
unlike the most anti-Malema, I think Julius Malema, stands a fighting chance at the polls next year.
He is a very popular guy, who speaks his mind,even if he had to be punished for it and people are likely to recognise him, and vote for him, despite the crimes he's accused of. People are looking for a voice, they intend to forget about the other things and focus where they want to focus, which is for them to be heard most of the times.

It is not a secret that most of the people are angry at ANC and its members, so it will be a great revenge to vote for someone who they excluded.

He stands for something that all working class South African want, even though we saw in the past that he doesn't do what he says, but it is likely that he will eventually gain popularity.

The choice is your

Who are you going to vote for next year.