Every second day we learn, whether in the news, social media or from the neighbours, about a woman who was hacked to death by her lover.
It is as if these men sit around a bonfire to discuss who is next in line to kill his partner in the most gruesome way to top the charts.
Only last week we learned about a man who shot and killed his girlfriend. She was about to board a taxi to work and was killed in front of a passenger and their son in White City, Soweto.
Over the weekend we learned on the news about a man who hacked his partner and daughter with a spade and set their house on fire while they were still inside.
Another woman, Mosidi, from Mabopane, was stabbed to death by the man who had promised her undying love. The killing took place after years of abuse.
She finally gathered the courage to leave him, but he could not take the rejection and killed her.
I have been wracking my brain trying to understand how these men’s brains work, what happened to their conscience.
I mean, you walk/drive, fuelled with anger, to a garage, buy petrol, then go back home without that angelic voice reaching out to you to convince you otherwise?
What is this country coming to? Are we now supposed to run for dear life when a man professes love?
In many of these incidents, it is alleged the woman tried to leave the partner, but he refused, with the mentality of “If I can’t have you, no man can have you”.
I really don’t understand how one would at any point believe they own another human being.
I don’t care if they paid a bride price, you don’t have any right to take her life.
If you feel like killing someone, don’t.
I mean, there are different organisations such as Brother for Life and Cool Dads Foundation whose sole objective is to address and give men a platform to raise their challenges without being judged.
Seek help, talk and find yourself. Love should not lead to you taking the life of someone you once declared your undying love for.
You are bigger and better than that, my brother.
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