Johannesburg: A white South African judge was at the centre of a social media storm on Monday after Facebook comments emerged in which she suggested rape was part of black culture. Political parties rushed to condemn the messages, which sparked fresh outrage after a series of recent Internet postings underlined racial tensions in South Africa, 22 years after the end of apartheid rule.
“In their culture a woman is there to pleasure them. Period,” wrote Judge Mabel Jansen, who sits in the High Court in the capital Pretoria. “It is seen as an absolute right and a woman’s consent is not required.”Jansen added: “I still have to meet a black girl who was not raped at about 12. I am dead serious.” Murder is also is not a biggy. And gang rapes of baby, daughter and mother (are) a pleasurable pastime.”
