Those who watch Podcast and Chill, know Sol Phenduka has consistently spoken very strongly against GBV and femicide. So I’m not defending the joke. It was a horrible joke, it was insensitive, and he apologised.
What I struggle with is the culture that seems to follow situations like this, where accountability quickly turns into an attempt to completely destroy someone’s reputation, career and livelihood. We have somehow created an environment where one terrible moment can become the total definition of a person, regardless of everything they have said or stood for before it.
There has to be a difference between saying “you were wrong and you need to take accountability” and saying “you are irredeemable and we need to erase you.”
And I think that distinction matters, especially when someone actually acknowledges what they did wrong and apologises.
We can condemn the joke without pretending the joke represents the entirety of Sol’s character or beliefs. We can demand better without demanding that a person be socially buried forever.
Accountability should be about making people answer for what they do. It shouldn’t become a culture where the ultimate objective is to make sure they never get to recover from it.
@Du_Kee He made the call to reception, ended the call then continued fighting, went to bathroom to cool down, after that call the receptionist heard the scream and loud sound, that’s my interpretation of what happened
just saw a TikTok where the lady was saying that, "sometimes the most thoughtful thing a man will ever do for you is make sure you don't spend the rest of your life with him" felt that to the core.
“Fumbled” doesn’t mean you won’t find another one. It just means you lost THAT one. The book of Shwi says “Baningi” but quickly follows it with “Ngeke ngibaqede”. The game of always chasing the next one will tire you. That rat race is why we say you fumbled.