Southern Africa: Media Still Missing the Mark On GBV

opinion

A few days ago, one of my favourite Sunday night shows Our Perfect Wedding aired on Mzansi Magic sunk to a new low when a groom declared that he used to have sex with under age girls in school.

Twitter and Facebook went abuzz with outrage on such proclamations. Questions arose on how the gatekeepers had approved the airing of such statements during a prime time show, worse still during the Sixteen Days of Activism.

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