I was sitting down to my second cup of coffee early this month listening to SAFM when the news reader told of a rape suspect who suddenly found himself in far worse trouble.

The police had arrived to arrest him and discovered enough dagga to charge him with drug-dealing.

I really couldn't believe my ears.

How can whoever wrote the news regard dealing in dagga to be far worse than rape? (And the newsreader was a woman).

In the current climate of activism against woman and child abuse, someone is showing exactly why South Africa is destined to get nowhere with its endeavours when rape is regarded as a less-serious crime than dagga-dealing.

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