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| South African Judge-Mabel Jansen |
A SOUTH African judge has been blasted by colleagues and officials after she claimed that rape is part of black “culture”.
Mabel Jansen sent a series of messages to the filmmaker Gillian Schutte, which say that murder "is not a biggy" for black people.
Her messages, which were leaked online by Schutte, have been widely condemned as racist.
She said: “In their culture a woman is there to pleasure them. Period. It is seen as an absolute right and a woman's consent is not required.”
“I still have to meet a black girl who was not raped at about 12. I am dead serious.
“Mothers are so brain washed that they tell the children that it is the father’s birth right to be the first.
“Murder is also is not a biggy. And gang rapes of baby, daughter and mother (are) a pleasurable pass time [sic].”
The comments have been widely criticised by online audiences and official bodies in South Africa.
The Democratic Alliance party said that they would be reporting the horrific messages to the Judicial Services Commission.
The opposition party said her comments were “not only hurtful and demeaning” but undermined “the dignity of our people”.
Jansen was also admonished by her colleagues in the legal professions.
Lawyer Vuyani Ngalwana told Business Day newspaper that Jansen’s comments were “shocking beyond belief
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