Luthuli museum’s #ViolenceNotMyHeritage campaign highlights importance of father-son relationships

Broken relationships between fathers and sons are one of the root causes behind the abuse of women and children, as revealed in an open discussion at the Chief Albert Luthuli Museum’s #ViolenceNotMyHeritage campaign recently.

Most present encouraged the building of strong relationships between fathers and sons so that boys could look up to their fathers as role models and develop healthy relationships with women.

Dr Albertina Luthuli spoke passionately about young men learning from their elders and Khehla Mhlanga from Do Right foundation said more attention should be given to the difficulties faced by men.

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“We are facing a serious issue in the country, where no one seems to pay attention to the issues faced by the boys and men in general. Some of them end up believing that violence is the answer. For example, you meet a guy who had been supporting his children for many years, he later finds out that he is actually not the father. Who pays attention to that broken man? Will that man ever respect women?” asked Khehla Mhlanga from Do Right Foundation.

African National Congress Youth League Provincial Executive Committee member, Nkosenhle Mngadi, said leaders need to stop running away from confronting serious issues.

“We must stop labeling our issues, people are attacking foreign nationals and we call it xenophobia, I call it frustration. People are frustrated about people selling drugs to the youth and frustrated because they are not working, so why don’t we deal with those issues? There is also the problem of social distance between leaders and residents. Leaders need to be able to see all the problems faced by the South African people,” said Mngadi.

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