Women For Change has formally submitted a petition against Chris Brown to the Home Office and the Department for Sport, Arts and Culture
Almost two months after launching a petition against Chris Brown's upcoming performance in South Africa, the non-profit organization Women for Change (WFC) has amassed more than 50,000 signatures to officially file a petition against Chris Brown's upcoming performance in South Africa. , submitted a petition to the ministries of arts and culture. .
“On 25 November, to mark the start of the 16 Days of Action Against Gender-Based Violence (GVB), we will send a petition with 51,330 signatures to The Big Concert, the Home Secretary, Sport, Arts and We have formally submitted this to the Minister of Culture,” said WFC Executive Director Sabrina Walter. The Citizen.
WFC defends the constitutional rights of women and children in South Africa. The organization also speaks out against violence by women against men.
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On October 1, 2024, WFC issued an official statement strongly condemning Brown's concerts scheduled for December 14 and 15, 2024 in Johannesburg.
The next day, a petition was launched to prevent international star Brown from performing due to his history of violence against women.
Opposition to Brown performing in South Africa also stems from the fact that South Africa has an endemic problem of GBV.
“5,578 women were murdered in this country from April 2023 to March 2024, reflecting a 33.8% increase in female homicides compared to the previous year,” Walter asserted. .
In late August this year, Police Minister Senzo Mchunu released the latest crime statistics, revealing a stark reality. In the first six months of this year alone, 19,961 rapes were reported to police, highlighting the continuing scourge of GBV in the country.
On this day, which marks the start of the 16-day campaign against GBV, Vice President Paul Mashatil spoke at the national launch in Rustenburg, calling GBV a “national crisis that requires a national response”. said.
The Citizen The Ministry of Interior and event organizer Big Concert did not respond to requests for comment.
Since filing the petition, Walters said he has “not received a response.”
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Brown's history of violence
A documentary has been released detailing the history of Brown and GBV. Chris Brown: A History of Violence The book was released in October, and Walter hoped to enlighten people to Brown's true nature as an abuser.
Since his abuse of Rihanna, 28 accusations of violence have been reported against Brown.
“R. Kelly's documentary ultimately played a key role in his arrest, and we are watching closely to see how this unfolds. Based on what emerges from this documentary, we and we are ready to take action,” she said in October.
Chis Brown's former manager of more than a decade, Tina Davis, spoke in a recent interview about how music was used to clean up Brown's public image after the pop star's physical abuse of then-girlfriend Rihanna. He talked about how it was used.
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“Nobody wanted to play him.” [Brown] In radio, you needed a radio back then and there was no DSP. [Digital Service Providers] and various other platforms,” Davis said.
In 2009, Brown pleaded guilty to felony assault against Rihanna and was sentenced to five years' probation and six months of community service.
Davis said he came up with a strategy to bring Brown back into the mainstream by flooding the industry with mixtapes and collaborations with other artists.
“…and the way we did it was to have him in everything. Anyone who called us would jump on us… there was a feature on everything. Ta.”
During this time, Brown, along with American rapper Tyga, were producing a large number of mixtapes, which are traditionally distributed for free to hype artists.
“We thought that was the strategy. We're going to make a bunch of mixtapes and keep rushing into business and getting music out. But we're also on everyone's side.[’s song] Every time a big artist releases a record, they have to play it because it's calling us… so after a while, every other record features Chris Brown. “It became,” she said.
“So we were able to get back on the radio, and right after that Deuce came along.”
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