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    A South African Nightmare

    Staff ReporterBy Staff ReporterAugust 1, 2018Updated:August 1, 2018No Comments3 Mins Read
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    Excerpts from Profesor Gqola’s Book Rape: A South African Nightmare.

    ISIXHOSA VERSION

    Excerpt 1.
    Icatshulwe kwintshayelelo
    Kwakhe kwathi komnye unyaka, ndibukele inkqubo kuMabona-kude, ndabona intantheli
    incokola neqela labafana, bevuma ngokuphandle ngezenzo zabo zokudlwengula phambi
    kwelizwe lonke. Yabangumqa ke le! Yayikwaveza nto ithile engqondweni yam. Imibuzo
    yentatheli yale nkqubo yayephengululula izizathu kunye neendlela zaba bafana
    owayenodliwano-ndlebe nabo.

    Ndikwakhumbula nenye inkqubo eyayipapashwe komnye unyaka phambi kwalo, eyayinabafana
    ababedlwengule iiLesbians ezintsundu. Le, yayiyinkqubo eyayijongene nemicimbi yabo basuka
    ekudlwengulweni, kodwa ekugqibeleni imizuzu yale nkqubo yanikwa amadoda ababe xhobe
    befohlele ekudlwenguleni iiLesbians ezintsundu, abo bangafuni ukubizwa ukuba ngamadoda
    okanye abafazi (gender non-conforming) kunye nabafazi abasolekalayo ukuba ziiLesbians. Kuzo
    zombini ezi nkqubo, abadlwenguli babengazisoli beqhekeza intsini ngendlela engathandekiyo,
    kwinkqubo yokuqala ke bechaza la mabali. Kwakucaca nakuthathatha ukuba ezi ntatheli
    aziphethekanga kakuhle kukungabikho kozisola kwaba bafo. Omnye wabo wavuma ukuba
    abasadlwenguleli ukubhubhisa kodwa unintsi lwabo lwalusithi kungenzeka badlwengule
    kwakhona.

    Akukho nomnye kubo awayefuna ukuvuma ukuba ukudlwengula bubundlobongela
    obunemiphumela emikhulu kakhulu engamosha impilo yabafazi kwaye lukhubaza umntu
    undompela. Bagxininisa ukuba imiphumela yodlwengulo ayikhubazi xesha lide nangona bevuma
    ukuba akukho mnandi ukwenziswa into ngenkani. Batsho bathi bona zange bagwetywe ngeli
    xesha bedlwengula bebhubhisa abafazi. Xa ndithetha ngokugwetywa, ndibhekisela kwinto
    yokuba zange kubekho ndleko abayifumana kuluntu ngokudlwengula abafazi. Ubudlelwane babo
    nabanye abaNtu baqhubeka njengoko kwakunjalo ekuqaleni. Zange bakwaywe okanye
    baphetshethwe.

    Qhiphu! Kwenzeka into ethile kwela dliwano-ndlebe lokuqala. Intatheli yabuza ukuba bangaziva
    njani ukuba bekungadlwengulwa umNtu ongumfazi abamthandayo. Hayke! Bonke abafana
    baphazanyiswa ngulo mbuzo, enye indoda yafunga ukuba angayibulala indoda enochukumisa
    udade wayo. Yaba kanti iinjongo zale ntatetheli zifezekisekile kanye apha. Into yokuba onke la
    madoda ayefuna abafazi namantombazana abasegileni kubo bekhuselekile, engasiboni isimilo
    sabo siyingozi yayingadibani engqondweni yam. Ngokucacileyo ke, la madoda ayesazi
    ngemiphumela wezenzo zabo. Ayedlwengula kuba bekwazi.

    …Ndiqala ngale nkumbulo kuba ezi nkqubo zazibonisa ayona nto inqabileyo- ingqondo
    nokucinga kwesidlwengu kuthathatha. Kwiincoko ezininzi ezibasesidlangalaleni, abaNtu
    bayazibhekelisa kwiizenzo zodlwengulo bade babonakalise ukungaqondi ukuba le ntsuma-
    ntsumane yokudlwengulwa iqhubeka njani na eluntwini. La madoda awasozilwanyane okanye
    amagongqongqo. Bayafana nje nabanye obhuti, abalingani okanye oonyana nabakabani na.
    Ayikho indlela ongachaza ngayo abo bakhetha ukudlwengula, nangona abafazi namantombazane
    behleli bexelelwa ukuba mabangazihambi iindawo ezithile kwaye badlalele kude kumadoda
    athile. Iizidlwengu zingaba kuyo yonke indawo naphi na; isiko lokudlwengula nokwenziwa
    amabhinqa uloyiko (endikwayibiza i-female fear factory) yinxalenye yendlela esikhuliswa ngayo
    ukwamkela udlwengulo oluhlala luhleli nathi ngalo lonke ixesha ngokuxelelwa ixesha elininzi
    ukuba umNtu makaqaphele.

    Ukuqala ngeli bali akuthethi ukuba la madoda akuphe into esingayifanisa nento ebinokuthethwa
    sisidlwengu. Akukho njalo. Asinaye nomnye umntu owakhe walikhupha latsola ukuba
    udlwengulwe ngamadoda, evuma ukuba kunjalo. Kodwa eyona nto ke ibalulekileyo ngezi
    nkqubo zimbini kukuba intlungu yomfazi kufuneke ikhe ixoxwe, ukuba nangona izidlwengu zazi
    (zingagazi kanjani) ukuba zifaka ubuhlungu, ziyaqhubeka zenze njalo nanini na. Futhi ziyenza
    rhoqo lonto, zisazi ukuba abaninzi bazokuma ecaleni kwabo, bethethelelwa ngezityholo ezifuna
    ubungqina kunye nengxelo yasemthethweni. Bayayazi nokuba banamathuba amaninzi
    okukhululwa bengenatyala kwiinkundla zomthetho nakwiinkundla zemilomo yabantu.

    http://www.grocotts.co.za/2018/07/26/they-raped-because-they-could/

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