�Ko mantlwaneng I wanted to play daddy but with another daddy�
Friday, November 21, 2014
Kwele says he realised his same sex feelings early in life PIC MORERI SEJAKGOMO
When most children reach puberty stage, they struggle with all changes they come across, be it body changes, mood swings, or just struggling to fit in with peers. For 22-year-old Bachidzi Seamus Kwele, at the time he was grappling with the fact that he was “catching feelings” for other boys.
“Why would I choose to be gay when I know it is not accepted in our society?” he shrugs his shoulders, as he protests rhetorically at times sounding like he was soliloquizing.
The rise in defilement and missing persons cases, particularly over the recent festive period, points not merely to a failure of policing, but to a profound and widespread societal crisis. Whilst the Police chief’s plea is rightly directed at parents, the root of this emergency runs deeper, demanding a collective response from every corner of our community. Marathe’s observations paint a picture of neglect with children left alone for...