Mihlali was 28 when she dated a 42y/o man and became the entire timeline turned into morality police , home-wrecker chants, gold-digger slurs, full slut-shaming campaigns, dragged through abuse allegations, toxic rollercoasters, public spats, character buried for years like it’s a national duty to punish Black women. The cruelty was relentless and personal.
The Latino girlie was literally 21 when she started dating your married grootman who was 42 suddenly“goddess alert”, “love conquers all”, “upgrade of the decade”, heart-eyes flooding, family goals posts, zero backlash, pure adoration.
Same story, even worse for the praised girlie because age gap is criminal but only the black women get hate-fucked into oblivion while non-Black women get worshipped like saviors. You reserve your most savage, sustained brutality for Black women needing to destroy them to feel superior while handing non-Black women the crown on sight. This is rabid misogyny that says Black women are disposable trash. Y’all are poisoned by it and it reeks.
Same script with Enhle Mbali and Rachel Kolisi. Both navigated messy, public divorces full of betrayal, emotional scars, and speaking out but y’all showed Rachel endless grace for going through the exact same mess you dragged Enhle through!
Enhle talks? She’s “ruining a Black man’s career,” bitter and vindictive, needs to shut up and get a Job. Rachel talks? She’s a courageous, good woman who was betrayed, flooded with sympathy and “you deserve better” energy.
Identical circumstances, but Black women get hate and demands for silence while non-Black women get grace and validation.
Y’all weaponize “bitter” against Black women to bury their stories, then hand non-Black women empathy without question.
This is rabid misogyny that saves its cruelty for Black women, destroy their credibility, destroy their voices to protect Black men’s image. Black women are seen as disposable when they hurt out loud. The hypocrisy stinks.
In Katlehong, a woman named Nomvula Khwasha woke up one morning to a message she did not understand. Her medical aid was notifying her that a R187,000 hospital claim had just been approved. The problem was simple and frightening at the same time. Nomvula had not been to a hospital in months.
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@Anele I’m sitting here thinking what if I have one I don’t have symptoms but who knows i mean this thing can survive quite a while
Can you treat it with anything over the counter
please try to withdraw from the economy today and avoid buying anything. apartheid didn’t crumble bc people were kind, it collapsed bc it was no longer economically viable. yes, that didn’t happen overnight and we can’t dismantle gbv in a single day, but this is a start. 💜