Brave Guys Stands up to Gbv After Hearing Neighbour Attack His Partner
- A young South African man recently detailed how he stopped a man from beating his partner
- According to the post, he heard the man attacking the woman, and then went to their place to warn the man to stop
- Locals commended him for doing what not many would dare to do in the comment section
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A young man recently shared with Facebook's ImStaying how he managed to stop an abusive man from doing further harm to his girlfriend by going over to their apartment and threatening the man who was hitting his woman.
Source: Facebook
"Imagine it's 3:10 AM and the guy upstairs who has a flat ontop of mine is beating the he'll out of his girlfriend. They are so loud and the noise is so ridiculous, the crying, floor banging and banging of the bed and stuff breaking woke me up.
"I put on my track-pants and went and knocked on their door. I was hurt not only by gender based violence but also by the fact that they woke me from my sleep."
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He then details how he threatened to get into the house and beat the man should he continue to beat his girlfriend and soon the baning and crying noises had stopped.
"I didnt confront him because of her personality, I was so pissed but what else cld I do, the door was locked. I wanted to beat the hell out of him, all I could do is caution him that if he can't stand me man to man he must not beat his girlfriend yet alone make noise.
"I educated him that if I hear anyone more noise I will break the door and knock some sense in his mind, also that he must have peaceful conversation with his girlfriend. "
Locals had this to say:
Lufuno T Khorommbi said:
"Thank you for the man you are. I pray we have more like you. Domestic violence and brutality against women and children will soon become a thing of the past. May God bless you for standing up for the weaker vessels."
Elle Tsitsi said:
"Well done and may your future fiance serve you braai, Greek salad and pap all the days of your life!"
Briefly News also reported that the Covid-19 pandemic has been hard on everyone, there is no doubt about it. But numerous studies have shown that women are among those affected the most. For women in economies of every size, the pandemic has had a devastating impact.
In South Africa, single mothers working as domestic workers had no income for months during the hard lockdown.
Those who were fortunate enough to work from home all a sudden had to juggle jobs and looking after their children following the closure of schools. Briefly.co.za took an in depht look at the impact the pandemic has had on women in South Africa and abroad.
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