ANOTHER video of a man beating a woman on the streets has gone viral, causing storm on the social media.
The more than one minute video clip comes barely two months after another video of a Budiriro man who was captured battering a women, went viral, causing storm on social media after the perpetrator got a sentence which even legal experts viewed as lenient and not consistent with the manner in which he violently attacked her.
The video shows the man slapping, kicking and pulling the women’s braids before dragging her on the tarmac.
The location and identity of the perpetrator and victim are yet to be established.In the video, the perpetrator accuses the victim of having said stuff about his mother although it is not really audible.
“Hautaure nezvamayi vangu. Umuudze Brian kuti wandirovesa, satan.”
Throughout the attack, some voices are heard shouting to the man to stop the attack.
“We’re a sick society. Thanks for that observation. For a start what’s wrong with us as a people? How could you be so complicity in the act by standing up there with a smart phone? Up next will be those seeking to justify the boy’s behaviour and find humour out of this abominable act. The boy could have easily killed that girl masikati machena,” ranted one Stanley on Facebook.
A human rights group has also expressed concern over the increase in the cases of gender based violence urging the judiciary to also use stiffer penalties to deter would be perpetrators.
“As Amnesty International Zimbabwe we are really concerned with the rising level of gender based violence. That video which is circulating on the social media networks is very worrying. Inflicting pain on a defenceless woman will not solve societal problems.
“What we have seen in this video on a defenceless woman is very worrying. This should be investigated so that the perpetrator can be brought to book.
“We also urge judiciary to apply possible stiffer penalties that are provided for in the laws that protects GBV victims,” said the country director Cousin Zilala.
According to the group, reports of gender based violence in the country are rising, three and half years after adopting a constitution that enshrines progressive human rights provisions.
Zilala further expressed concern that a person can be assaulted while people are busy recording videos without much effort to restrain the attack.
“We continue to see such videos where perpetrators are captured attacking with less effort in trying to restrain them. While the videos have helped as evidence, we seem to focus all our energies on recording such that we have normalised violence. At this rate, someone can be killed while a video is recorded.
“Gender Based Violence is one of the worst types of human rights violations because society has normalised it in many forms and even those who are abused sometimes do not see it as abuse but accept it as a normal part of their society. Gender Based Violence can lead to death. It can lead to serious injury, depression, suicide, family breakups, mental illness and more damaging effects.
“Increased gender based violence has been shown to have a link to increased rates of HIV infection and to poor se_xual and reproductive health among women.”
Source-H metro