Gender Based Violence activist and vocalist Mbali Lekhuleni shot and killed her rapist at a tender age of 16 while visiting her relatives in Vosloorus during the December holidays.
This tragedy happened one night when her aunt left the care of a house to her “brother,” everything went south when they decided to go to a popular park.
During her sit-down interview on The UnChristian Network on YouTube she detailed the day she got rapped and killed her rapist. She recalls the day when the incident occurred that while they were at the park, she started getting chilly, her acquaintance accompanied her to get a jersey, but their journey back to the park was interrupted by an armed paedophile who saw Mbali as his second victim for the night.
“He took me to someone’s yard. We jumped over a fence. He took off his jacket and jeans and told me to come. That was my first time. My virginity was just broken in that violent way. He told me to lie down and he did that. He raped me,” she said during her sit-down on The UnChristian Network.
Mbali recalled the rapist suggested to taking her to a different place, pointing a gun at her while smoking.
Mbali says she pleaded with him to at least put the gun aside.
“He tossed the gun aside when I asked him. Then he raped me again, but when he stood up he looked in the opposite direction. Then I saw an opportunity, since he stood up and looked in another direction. Let me get up and run to that gun.
“I held the gun, and when he looked back he found me holding the gun. When he tried to approach me, I just pulled the trigger. Imagine, I am 16, I don’t know how to use a gun. That gun was prepared. The only thing I did was pull the trigger. It fired and shot him. Then he came to me trying to fight while I was still holding the gun. I fired again. Then he fell, he fell on top of me. I could literally feel his last breath on me. He died on top of me.”
According to the African Reporter, Mbali encouraged rape victims to speak up and report their cases.
“You are not your scars and your future will not be determined by your ordeal. Report the perpetrator to the police and seek counselling.”
