Men need to stand up in society and protect women, a mourner said on Wednesday, at the memorial service of Karabo Mokoena whose charred remains were found in a shallow grave in Lyndhurst after she had been missing for almost two weeks."Men are quiet. God, where are the fathers? Where are the fathers who will stand in a society of South Africa and say no more?" Adele Tjale said during a memorial service in held in Diepkloof to celebrate the life of Mokoena.
Tjale who was Mokoena's spiritual mother appeared livid and blasted men for their silence on the violence suffered by women.
Spiritual mother speaks of Karabo's faith and spiritual side. #KaraboMemorial @IOL pic.twitter.com/D3uDZ2vrDi
— Khanyisile (@Khanyi_Seele) May 17, 2017— Khanyisile (@Khanyi_Seele) May 17, 2017
According to reports, the couple left the club together and she was never seen alive again.Emotional friend reads out poem dedicated to Karabo at memorial service. #KaraboMemorial @IOL pic.twitter.com/tXW4ifViG9— Khanyisile (@Khanyi_Seele) May 17, 2017
The 22-year-old was found in an open veld after she had been missing for almost two weeks. She had been burnt beyond recognition.
Close family friend and actor, Patrick Shai, said the carnage and pain being inflicted on women made it difficult to stand tall as men.
“It would not be proper to stand here and talk nicely about things that are not nice,” he said.
“How many Karabo’s must there be before we take a stand?”
Shai called on men to return to biblical values and take a stand against the continued carnage.
Neo Mohlabane who used to attend a weekly prayer meeting with Mokoena spoke about how the she had tried to breakaway from the abusive relationship.
“She got in touch and asked to meet up and that Friday, I picked her up and we went to a restaurant in Sandton,” she said.
“Of course I had known prior what had happened to her and [when we arrived], we sat in the car examining her and checking out the few bruises and scratches which remained.”
"She said to me, Neo I'm a testimony that there's a God, he tried to finish me, look at me now and I'm still standing. I was like that's my baby," explained Mohlabane.
"One thing about Karabo, she was very strong and very bold but also had that vulnerable side that she wouldn't just show it to anyone. I remember we sat there and she said to me, you know what Neo, everything may look perfect on the outside but inside I'm wounded, that man hurt me.
"You know what Karabo would gave said if she was here, she would be standing here in front of you and would say, forgive Sandile, pray for Sandile. Because one thing I know about God, he can still use people like him, there's hope for him. Karabo has run her race, she settled the course that she had to follow."
Speaker after speaker spoke of her spirituality and faith, even quoting her favourite words: “It is well”.
African News Agency and IOL
Memorial Service for Karabo, South African girl murdered and burnt to death by boyfriend
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