Bouwer Bosch Calls Out SA Leaders Over GBV in Emotional Video: 'We Must Not Be Emotional'
- Bouwer Bosch posted a deeply emotional video responding to gender-based violence in South Africa
- The clip alternates between a selfie-style car recording and archival news footage of a woman found dead in Dawn Park
- South Africans flooded the comments with reactions ranging from rage to heartbreak over the country's GBV crisis
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Singer Bouwer Bosch has taken to social media to address South Africa's gender-based violence crisis with a video that left Mzansi shaken. Using sharp, sarcastic repetition of the phrase "we must not be emotional," he tore into those in power for their failure to protect women and children.
The clip shifts between a raw selfie-style recording filmed inside a car, where Bosch speaks directly to the camera with visible frustration and emotion, and archival news broadcast footage showing a man being interviewed outdoors by reporters from SABC News and Jacaranda FM.
Bosch's message to South Africa's leaders
In the video, Bouwer Bosch rattled off a list of women who had been killed or violated under heartbreaking circumstances: a mother, an elderly woman on a farm, a girl playing in a park, a woman heading to the post office, another trying to catch an Uber. After each scenario, he repeated the phrase "we must not be emotional," mimicking the kind of dismissive tone often used to silence outrage.
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He cited 60 murders per day in South Africa and 111 rape cases reported daily at police stations. His conclusion was blunt:
"The problem is not women. The problem is men killing and men raping and men like this that don't care about situations like this. Stop keeping people like this in power. We must not be emotional."
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Mzansi calls out the government
The video drew a massive response, with hundreds of South Africans weighing in:
Sasa added devastating context:
"She was pregnant and looking forward to being a 1st time mom"
Momo wrote simply:
"She went on a date."
Frogo said:
"He probably doesn’t give a Flying Fluck. 😔"
Yolisa interpreted the sarcasm as a broader message:
"Basically he was telling us to be quiet; we must not use our voices"
Karabo Masemola expressed frustration at public apathy:
"I hate how this issue is kind of fading away, and people are just living like everything is fine."
Anonymous used the video's reach to raise awareness from outside the major cities:
"My name is Singabonga, and I am from Kokstad, a small town in KZN. Can you please help me bring awareness to what's happening in Kokstad? Women and children are dying in numbers, and we are trying by all means to raise awareness, but we're from a small town, and our voices are not loud enough."
Pope drew a connection to leadership:
"The same way he told us to go take a shower in hotels as if everyone can afford it."
Not everyone agreed on the video's context, with Twana warning:
"You are misleading the people by making them think Lesufi says we must be emotional."
Phakelumthakathi made an emotional pledge
Activist Nkosikhona "Phakelumthakathi" Ndabandaba announced a march in Kempton Park on Saturday, 19 September 2026, following the discovery of women's bodies in Ekurhuleni.
Five of the nine bodies discovered in recent cases were found in Kempton Park, prompting the activist to speak out and take action.
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