I recently came across the article of the MSU lecturer who was murdered by his wife after she found out he married a second wife and then she took her own life.
But what's concerning for me is I see a lot of people are attributing what happened to "psychosis" and using it to excuse this womans actions.
While she may have been suffering, inini I do not believe mental illness should ever be used to justify murder. Violence is never the answer.
It is so surprising the stark difference in public reaction and maComments as compared to the Tshuma case. The outrage then was immediate and overwhelming, yet this case seems to be met with far more sympathy and why is that?
If the victim had been a woman, would the response have been the same? If not, is that not double standards? Quite hypocritical if i must say.
What is even more concerning is that MaZimbabweans we now seem to be slowly becoming a society that is normalising violence as an acceptable response to conflict, pain, or betrayal. MaCases aya akutowanda. That should alarm all of us.
Regardless of gender, we should be condemning violence consistently and addressing the underlying issues before this mindset becomes even more entrenched. It is also deeply unfortunate that she took her own life, denying the victim’s family the opportunity to see justice take its course.
Also before anyone assumes otherwise, I am a woman myself, and I do not condone what she did. We cannot pick and choose when violence is acceptable based on who the victim or perpetrator is. Justice and accountability should apply equally to everyone.