MOTIVATIONAL SPEAKER VUSI THEMBEKWAYO ACCUSED OF WIFE BEATING
The South African Motivational Speaker and businessman Vusi Thembekwayo is no stranger to controversy but this time around he is accused of assaulting his wife. A charge if found guilty might damage the brand that he has built for himself at a time when he is taking his Motivational Speaking gigs to other countries in Africa.
On 31st October the Motivational Speaker gathered a crowd of 10,000 Zambians at the Heroes Stadium in Lusaka in a conference duped AFRICA MUST THINK CONFERENCE.
The conference hosted by Dumisani Lingamangali Ncube was successful. The Motivational Speaker Vusi Thembekwayo is expected again in Lusaka Zambia to launch MygrowthFund Venture Partners in February, 2022.
The Motivational Speaker & businessman is accused of Gender based violence.
The allegations are that he slapped his wife repeatedly before dragging her down the stairs in the couple's home in Johannesburg South Africa.
On the 6th December, 2021 the Motivational Speaker returned from his international trip in Nairobi Kenya and that's when the assault incident is believed to have happened.
At this point the Motivational Speaker is defending his reputation after his wife reported the case of Gender based Violence at the Police Station.
The charges of assault were logged and the Motivational Speaker was consequently arrested on assault charges. After appearing in court he was granted bail & released.
It is alleged that when the Motivational Speaker returned from Kenya, he woke his wife up and demanded that she must pack her bags & leave his house.
The wife refused to pack and go which started an argument that lead to the alleged assault of his wife. According to his wife he pulled her by the legs off the bed, and dragged her down the stairs & slapped her repeatedly.
He loaded her into the car with her bags & she managed to jump off the car at the traffic lights and went on to report him to the Police. The Motivational Speaker was then arrested and later released on bail.
In his defence he has denied the assault claims and is entrusted himself to the Justice department and is ready to avail himself to the legal process.
He has also blamed drugs as the cause of the conflict indicting that his wife has a long history of substance abuse. And that it is the substance abuse that lead to the charges of assault.
The Motivational Speaker & businessman Vusi Thembekwayo said; "I have always been an advocate of equality, commited to eradication of all forms of GBV and I believe my record speaks for itself in this regard".
However, it's not the record of your stand against Gender Based Violence, it is the question of, "did you beat your wife and dragged her like a bag of potatoes down the staircase?".
We can only pray that this is not true. Otherwise it does affect our collective fight against Gender Based Violence & femicide.
Those who have the power to Speak, shift and sift minds. Therefore what they speak out there must be consistent with what they practice.
As a Motivational Speaker & businessman Vusi Thembekwayo is swift with words, and aggressive in debates. While aggressiveness is a good thing perhaps in go getters, it is a bad thing in marriage.
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