The scale of the spontaneous outpouring of grief and anger at Uyinene Mrwetyana’s brutal murder has been quite out of step with an event that has practically become commonplace in our country. My wife was murdered during a forced entry into our home in 2009.
It illustrates just how widespread and deep the resentment against the aggression and violence meted out by men against women and children has gone. And yet, no matter how loudly the point gets made, it seems it quickly gets filed away until the next tragedy. ..
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