Do you believe Khwezi?
This question has gotten politicians tripping themselves with both disappointing and underwhelming responses, further revealing lack of understanding of extent of the problem outside the legal framework, or lack of guts to be blunt about the issue. There’s an argument that this is an unfair question given that the president was acquitted of the rape charge. The legal outcome doesn’t take away people’s right to still have opinions, so many people entangle themselves by attempting to give a legal answer when they should be giving their own take on the issue beyond the legal verdict. Rape is not a legal issue but a societal problem and we should continue to talk about it in our pursuit for solutions. The context of the question is not confined to Khwezi’s case but digs into the rape culture in our society. There are glaring gaps within our legal framework that cannot be ignored and it’s through these debates our legal system can be improved to administer just