Award winning artist, Chris Brown, has hit back at naysayers, who want him banned from performing in South Africa.
The “Kiss Kiss” hitmaker took to Instagram to respond to a Women for Change petition, which is calling for a boycott of his much-anticipated concert.
The anti-GBV organisation believes supporting Brown is in bad taste for the country that is grappling with a gender-based violence and femicide crisis.
According to the police stats, murders of women increased 7.9% to 966 during the first quarter of this year, while attempted murders went up by 16% to 1 644, and assault with the intent to cause grievous bodily harm (GBH) rose by 69% to 13 757 incidents.
โHis concert is scheduled just days after the global commemoration of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, making this event a direct insult to the millions of women and girls affected by violence in South Africa and worldwide,โ reads Women for Change’s petition that’s so far garnered over 28 000 signatures.
Chris Brown’s concert will be at the FNB Stadium on the 14th and 15th of December, with his fans eager to enjoy the performance of a global music icon, they say admitted his crime and did the time for it.
The heartthrob was convicted for assaulting his then pop star girlfriend, Rihanna, in 2009.
He served up to five years of supervised probation and six months of community service.
His fans’ sentiments are in line with South African laws, which are founded on a system of corrections grounded on human rights.
Love me some CB, can’t wait for him to come to SA ๐ฟ๐ฆ๐ฟ๐ฆโค๏ธโค๏ธ๐๐พ!!!
โ Zintle Zimbini (@ZinhleMamfengu) October 15, 2024
Wena Chris Brown ngithi uyeza eSouth Africa
โ Ginno (@MuntuMsomi77408) October 15, 2024
We South Africans will support anyone going to Chris Brown concert,He did jail time and community service for over 12 years for his crimes, Let people who love him go and see him Leave them alone stop dictating people what to do with their lives pic.twitter.com/1bmwduj1Pt
โ IG:Joy-Zelda (@joy_zelda) October 15, 2024
Chris Brown needs to be stopped.
โ ๐Miss Andryโโ๏ธ (@TheGypsyQ) October 15, 2024
I pray to God with everything in me that Chris Brown gets banned from performing here or arrested or something before the show to make him unable to come!
โ (๐ธ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ธ)โทMOTSWANA GIRL WITH SOME POWER (@1onabby) October 15, 2024
Chris Brown has absolutely nothing to apologise for. You should apologise to him for being losers who refuse to heal but instead want him to suffer an eternity for being provoked & losing his temper 1ยฝ decades ago
โ Naartjies ๐ (@SpeQx) October 15, 2024
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