{"id":318550,"date":"2017-05-12T12:53:19","date_gmt":"2017-05-12T12:53:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=318550"},"modified":"2017-05-12T12:53:19","modified_gmt":"2017-05-12T12:53:19","slug":"south-africans-protest-violence-against-women-with-menaretrash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=318550","title":{"rendered":"South Africans protest violence against women with #MenAreTrash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Social media watchers are intrigued over a growing movement in South Africa highlighting abuses and suffrage some men put their female partners through in relationships and marriages.<\/p>\n<p>The movement, using the hashtag #MenAreTrash has grown with many, especially women sharing the experiences since yesterday.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How did it all start?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The movement was sparked by the horrific news of the gruesome murder of a 22-year-old lady, Karabo Mokoena allegedly by her boyfriend.<\/p>\n<p>Karabo was killed and burnt by her boyfriend after she went missing on April 28.<\/p>\n<p>Her friends had taken time to share her photo in search of her on social media but found her later at a location in Johannesburg, dead.<\/p>\n<p>Her family learnt later from the Police that she had reported an assault case before her death, suggesting that her boyfriend had been physically abusing her.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why is this a major news? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many have expressed varied opinion on the subject. Especially as it joins the tall list of similar gruesome murders of women by her boyfriends in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2015, Zestah September was strangled to death by her boyfriend\u201a a soldier. Her September\u2019s charred remains were found along a military base in Johannesburg on New Year\u2019s eve.<\/p>\n<p>Percy Khoza\u201a a young man on the outskirts of Johannesburg\u201a was recently convicted of the murder of his ex-girlfriend\u201a Mary-Lee Macumbe.<\/p>\n<p>He butchered Macumbe to death\u201a rolled up her body in a carpet\u201a stuffed it in the boot of her vehicle which was found dumped in Malvern\u201a Johannesburg in October 2014.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>What is twitter saying?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-318593\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MenAreTrash-5.jpg\" alt=\"menaretrash-5\" width=\"586\" height=\"557\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-318594\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MenAreTrash-6.jpg\" alt=\"menaretrash-6\" width=\"588\" height=\"220\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-318586\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MenAreTrash-3.jpg\" alt=\"menaretrash-3\" width=\"593\" height=\"265\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-318585\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MenAreTrash-2.jpg\" alt=\"menaretrash-2\" width=\"592\" height=\"464\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-318584\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MenAreTrash-1.jpg\" alt=\"menaretrash-1\" width=\"588\" height=\"313\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-318583\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/MenAreTrash-4-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"menaretrash-4\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Jonas Nyabor\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<br \/>\n<a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jnyabor\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @jnyabor<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script>!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Social media watchers are intrigued over a growing movement in South Africa highlighting abuses and suffrage some men put their female partners through in relationships and marriages. 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