Lebo Mashile shares her thoughts on Gender-Based Violence

Lebo Mashile took to social media with some advice for victims of gender-based violence (GBV) looking to come forward with their stories.

She started off by telling fans that GBV is a very serious issue and something that is yet to be resolved due to fear.

Labo also mentioned that is care is not taken, many victims will keep coming forward day by day to share their experiences and how they’ve lived or living with it.

“This marks a change in our culture. We’re moving towards creating a society where victims are believed. However, please be aware of the legal implications of naming someone as a perpetrator. This could lead to further trauma. Make sure you aren’t inadvertently breaking the law,” she tweeted.

In another statement, Lebo made it know that there are ways survivor and victims can share their stories.

She said: “There are ways that survivors can share their stories, build solidarity, and expand these important conversations online. Referring to the perpetrator as ‘colleague’, ‘friend’, ‘ex’, or ‘stranger’ or using a pseudonym can protect you from being sued or facing legal action.”

Check out the thread below:

#GBV is a emotive subject. Sexual violence stats are alarmingly high. SA is one of the leading countries in terms of femicide & other forms of #GBV. Women are angry. More than that, we are tired of living in fear. Please consider the following before you name & shame an abuser: pic.twitter.com/La5R5Y4zoY

— Lebogang Mashile (@lebomashile) January 13, 2021

#GBV is a emotive subject. Sexual violence stats are alarmingly high. SA is one of the leading countries in terms of femicide & other forms of #GBV. Women are angry. More than that, we are tired of living in fear. Please consider the following before you name & shame an abuser: pic.twitter.com/La5R5Y4zoY

— Lebogang Mashile (@lebomashile) January 13, 2021

#GBV is a emotive subject. Sexual violence stats are alarmingly high. SA is one of the leading countries in terms of femicide & other forms of #GBV. Women are angry. More than that, we are tired of living in fear. Please consider the following before you name & shame an abuser: pic.twitter.com/La5R5Y4zoY

— Lebogang Mashile (@lebomashile) January 13, 2021

#GBV is a emotive subject. Sexual violence stats are alarmingly high. SA is one of the leading countries in terms of femicide & other forms of #GBV. Women are angry. More than that, we are tired of living in fear. Please consider the following before you name & shame an abuser: pic.twitter.com/La5R5Y4zoY

— Lebogang Mashile (@lebomashile) January 13, 2021

Poet Lebo Mashile fires shots at Helen Zille

Poet Lebo Mashile has taken aim at Helen Zille calling the politician a racist. The star took to Twitter to speak out about how, at first, she genuinely believed that the Democratic Alliance’s federal council chairperson: “added value to political discourse in this country”, but due to the politician’s controversial Twitter history, she has since lost all respect for her.

The award-winning poet and television presenter did not mince her words when she shared her views on the former premier of the Western Cape, claiming Zille was “callous, racist, ignorant and unrepentant”.

It all started when a Twitter user asked whether Zille changed when she took to Twitter or was playing South Africans all along.

Mashile replied that the social media platform gave South Africans a better look into her personality.

“She has been sinking lower and lower into the worst parts of herself,” Mashile said in her reply.

At some point I genuinely believed that Helen Zille added value to political discourse in this country. She was someone I respected until Twitter. I’ve had her blocked for years. She is callous, racist, ignorant, & unrepentant. She has never been the woman she thinks she is.

— Lebogang Mashile (@lebomashile) November 29, 2020

I think both. It revealed her & since she has been sinking lower & lower into the worst parts of herself.

— Lebogang Mashile (@lebomashile) November 29, 2020

Singer Simphiwe Dana joined the conversation echoing Mashile’s thoughts but said that when she expressed the same views a while back about Zille, people thought she was a “crazy person”.

She said she was glad South Africans now saw the politician for who she was.

Mashile validated Dana’s comments, saying she remembered how people called the singer an extremist when she saw Zille for who she was.

Shame, and you did. I remember this. They said you were an extremist. https://t.co/5wkDzalYQ9

— Lebogang Mashile (@lebomashile) November 30, 2020

Last year, Zille sparked outrage several times for her controversial views. From defending her tweet about how colonialism was good for South Africans, to her “black privilege” comments on Twitter, the politician often rubbed people up the wrong way and trended for all the wrong reasons.

In April last year, she again defended her infamous colonialism tweet, two years after causing a buzz, where she insisted colonialism wasn’t only negative.

In May last year, she refused to apologise for her comments around “black privilege”, which she claimed meant looting and being re-elected.

Lebo Mashile talks about Leleti Khumalo and Mbongeni Ngema’s Drama

Last week, Sunday World published an extract from playwright Mbongeni Ngema’s ex-wife, Xoliswa Nduneni-Ngema’s memoir titled Heart of A Strong Woman, written by seasoned author Fred Khumalo

The extract published by the paper details how the current CEO of Joburg City Theatres klapped Sarafina actress Leleti Khumalo after discovering she was having an affair with her then-husband. The extract also details the abuse Xoliswa suffered abuse at the hands of Mbongeni.

Poet Lebo has now spoken out on how Mbongeni’s “abuse is legendary” yet he keeps getting work and lifetime achievement awards.

Leleti took a severe beating after cheating with Ngema – Sunday World

This man keeps getting work. He keeps getting lifetime achievement awards. His abuse is legendary. There are many more stories. I hope this is the beginning of the tide turning. https://t.co/31zPp5UCWn

— habitual nyisist (@lebomashile) August 16, 2020

“There are many more stories. I hope this is the beginning of the tide turning,” tweeted Lebo.

The whole industry sat back and watched while a predator built a production around a child he was abusing & later married her. The stories about Mbongeni sleeping with young girls in his company never stopped with Leleti. Leleti has been on the receiving end of mind blowing abuse https://t.co/Y8zQ5CRBhV

— habitual nyisist (@lebomashile) August 16, 2020