It depicts a full episode of passionate coitus. My research suggests that it is authentic. In fact, the South African department in charge of correctional services has confirmed same and is dealing with the matter. Regrettably, I learn, that, the poor woman, couldn’t Iive with the resultant public humiliation that came with the exposure. She committed suicide. May her soul, rest in peace.
The fervour with which it circulated in WhatsApp groups confirms precisely what the Shakawe video prank, confirmed. We are a nation that is obsessed with two main types of news; sex scandals, and witchcraft. Untidy, as it were, I cannot fathom why any person would put such a scandalous video, regarding a fellow human being into public circulation, especially in unedited form. To me, that’s witchcraft, regardless of the morality of the video. The age of social media had dawned upon a society still struggling with anacronices vices of malice, witchcraft, and pettiness. The damage, including the suicide that resulted, was perfectly foreseeable. True, it is a South Adrican video. But we have seen Botswana videos circulating before. Only recently was another video circulated, purportedly recorded at Peolwane, in Gaborone. Behind all the actors in these videos, there are children, and families who are punished no less. And they are all innocent. We have a long way to go before we can talk of a compassionate society.
