A young South African woman in Ga-Rankuwa township near Pretoria is seeking justice after another woman who accused her of sleeping with her husband forced her to strip naked and do house chores as punishment while filming.
The video which circulated on social media after the incident occurred on Jan. 6 showed the unnamed young woman who is in her early 20s scrubbing the yard of a house and later stripped naked to stomp a blanket in a basin while being threatened by the accuser in the background.
It’s all started here before washing the blankets pic.twitter.com/8cmSkR97cc
— RE-NDA-NI (@RendaniM9) January 8, 2019
The victim was forced to say in the video that she’s a home-wrecker who sleeps around with married men who have kids. The angry wife was also heard saying: “You want to be the woman of this house? Then do the chores as a wife. I want these blankets clean.”
According to some sympathisers on social media, the young woman was threatened with death by the wife.
The horrifying video caught the attention of some women activists on Twitter who supported the victim to report the case to the police. The scorned wife was arrested and arraigned before the Ga-Rankuwa Magistrates Court on Jan. 9.
We need the location and we trying to find this young girl . We are tired of this bs please retweet we are looking for leads . We want to make an example and get this woman who violated this young girls rights behind bars . We want to ensure this never happens again
— #Buyisanimhlaba (@pozcandy) January 8, 2019
Thanks to activism the lady who filmed that young woman naked was arrested yesterday and will appear in the Garankuwa Magistrates court today ….. Again we are not our mothers .
— #Buyisanimhlaba (@pozcandy) January 9, 2019
According to one of the activists helping the victim, Yvette Raphael (@pozcandy), the case was postponed to Jan. 27 and the perpetrator was granted bail while the husband in question had also opened a case against the victim’s sister for allegedly attacking him.
Case postponed to the 27th . The trashy husband opened a case against the young woman’s older sister . The perpetrator got 1000 bail . We have formed a small task team to assist the young woman . We need a pro bono lawyer and Phsycologist. We are meeting the young woman weekend
— #Buyisanimhlaba (@pozcandy) January 9, 2019
“We have formed a small task team to assist the young woman. We need a pro bono lawyer and Psychologist. We are meeting the young woman [this] weekend,” the activist appealed.
Many sympathizers on Twitter expressed worry about the trend where women attack other women for the extra-marital activities of their husbands. Some victims are even killed in the process and the men walk free.
Here are some reactions.
When will this end mara vele?when your man is cheating why not confront ramarete oo wa gago and leave the lady out of it.santse batlo mo cheata a Nye this lady because she can’t get rid of the actual snake under her roof!masepa https://t.co/XArpEyJRzi
— Juke’Soul?? (@Juks_Afrika) January 8, 2019
Look sis, someone else is offering legal help to the lady. Pro bono pic.twitter.com/b0L6fSZhuW
— Daughter of the Soil (@Tumi_babe) January 8, 2019
This is cruelty at it’s best. Why not fight her husband?
— Prince Ntsini (@Kingjazz900) January 8, 2019
I wonder if this will make her stop sleeping around, she might be alone, but she didn’t do it alone. what punishment is the man getting, she came to those blankets just because someone brought her. If you not dealing with the man the another woman will be a victim. just nje!
— carlo ndlox (@carloNd23) January 8, 2019
What justice did she get because the guy is in the clear bet he will do it again but at BnB now lol
— Bakeng Bucks (@IAM_DIZZO) January 8, 2019
This is abuse and most married women do this because they cant contol their cheating husbands. As much as they would like to call men trash and many other names, any woman doing this to another sister has failed in life, both as a woman and a sister.
— Zin kaNdleleni (@sphazin) January 8, 2019
I have heard men who actually joke about how many times they been caught cheating and what their wives/GF did to the ladies they were caught with. men who do this know their wives/GF will not leave but humiliate the poor ladies caught with. it’s fun and games to them
— Bongi (@mahlangus83) January 8, 2019
its also sad that us as ladies do this to one another. she slept with a married man(she is wrong) the wife humiliated her( she is also wrong). 2 wrongs do not make a right. it is very sad indeed.
— Bongi (@mahlangus83) January 8, 2019
Amen to this. Women be calling others homewreckers when they still sleep with the enemy. He is the one that promised you things. Leave the other woman alone!!!
— Tinyiko Mathonsi (@tinyikomath) January 8, 2019
E ka se fele until the woman decides to deal with her man. This man will fornicate forever more and continue to make her a popeye.
She’s targeting the weakest link in the scenario o palelwa ke monna gae.— Gomolemo (@Gomihta) January 8, 2019
I’m guessing the reason the husband is not in the vid is cause the “wife” is protecting their own identities. #WomanToWoman abuse needs to stop too.
— Itumeleng Mokojwa (@MrBrown_Moroba) January 8, 2019
Please ladies stop being used by married men. Look at what is happening here, the men is not even there to rescue his makwpen… Does he love you if he can’t fight for you?
— Nkosie (@khumz_nkosi) January 8, 2019
