Ladies’s rights group requires Chris Brown live performance cancellation in SA

South African media reported the group has raised considerations in regards to the singer’s historical past of gender-based violence and is looking for motion forward of the live shows.

Final week, the multi-talented singer and dancer introduced his long-awaited return to South Africa for a two-day efficiency on the FNB Stadium in Johannesburg.

With Chris Brown’s efficiency coinciding with the nation’s commemoration of 16 Days of Activism Towards Gender-Primarily based Violence, Ladies for Change stated this occasion was a direct insult to the tens of millions of girls and ladies affected by violence in South Africa and worldwide.

The sold-out affair marks Chris Brown’s first efficiency within the nation in practically a decade.

Greater than 10,000 folks have signed an internet petition calling for the cancellation of the American R&B star.

“Chris Brown has a well-documented historical past of violence in direction of a number of girls. In 2009, he was convicted of brutally assaulting his then-girlfriend, Rihanna, a case that sparked international outrage.

“Regardless of his conviction, his troubling behaviour has continued, with a number of accusations of violence in opposition to different girls, with ‘Quiet on Set’ producers announce the ‘Chris Brown: A Historical past of Violence’ documentary, which is able to premiere this October,” the advocacy group stated.

It stated the nation, gripped by widespread GBV scourge, may ill-afford to welcome a character as flawed as Chris Brown who on February 8 2009, reportedly assaulted his then-girlfriend and fellow music star, Rihanna, in a automobile.

“South Africa is within the midst of a GBV disaster, the place femicide charges are 5 instances increased than the worldwide common. Many ladies and youngsters dwell in fixed worry, and the scars of violence run deep.

“Permitting a person with such a historical past of violence to carry out in South Africa, a rustic grappling with one of many highest charges of gender-based violence and femicide (GBVF) on this planet, sends a dangerous and harmful message. As a substitute of glorifying people with a historical past of abuse, we have to be empowering and supporting survivors,” it stated.

Ladies for Change added that it was involved that the Division of Dwelling Affairs has granted Chris Brown a visa regardless of his previous transgressions.

Bulelwa Adonis, Ladies For Change spokesperson talking on Newzroom Afrika on Sunday, addressed the backlash the group has acquired.

Adonis stated the group doesn’t observe selective activism and has one mandate – which is to not help violent folks.

“On this case, the truth that he obtained a visa to our nation and the looseness in our system to permit him the accessibility to us. Contemplating how dire this pandemic is in our nation, it’s distressing and disheartening, to say the least.”