In a recent episode of Isencane Lengane there were scenes of Gender based violence (GBV) against one of the females casted for the episode, where she reported a conflict that needs resolve between her and her boyfriend.
Moja Love put out a statement after the viewers took to social media that the producers of this channel are irresponsible for broadcasting a women being beaten up. On the statement the channel says, “we absolutely condemn gender based violence of any sort.”
MEDIA STATEMENT: MOJA LOVE Does not Condone or Support Gender Based Violence. pic.twitter.com/yRZxmmsY6a
— MojaLoveTv DStv Channel 157 (@MojaLoveTv) January 23, 2023
Viewers and fans of the channel didn’t let this slide, some viewers said “You guys watch this show for these people’s toxicity. If the viewers drew the line early on what they’ll tolerate, Moja Love wouldn’t have been so comfortable with broadcasting it.”
“You shot, edited and aired an episode that displays visible abuse and then you used abuse and violent behaviour to promote said episode. You clearly condone GBV and this little statement that doesn’t change that.”
On the episode Thando Msomi who is the girlfriend shared her story with viewers about how her boyfriend Siyacela Dlamuka, doesn’t want her to be friends with people he didn’t choose for her, and that he occasionally beats her every chance he gets if there is a disagreement.
Siyacela, told the producers, he gets irritated easily and beats his girlfriend on account of his jealousy. On the scene, we also saw the boyfriend throwing Thando’s phone on the floor in front of producers because he was confronted by the girlfriend about his anger when he is jealous.
Head of Channel at Moja Love, Bokani Koyo shared on the statement “cancelling the show is not the solution but lets rather open and discuss issues that are eating away the moral fibre of our society.”
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