#Justice, what is it and how does one get it?
Justice, what is it and how does one get it? Is it when the family of the perpetrator visits the family of the victim and gives them an “offering” towards the burial arrangements? You see the culture within Africans determines that the family of the perpetrator claims responsibility on behalf of their child, in this case; by way of admission of guilt for the crime committed; and pays the full cost of the burial. Ask anyone about the kind of funeral Africans organise –it is elaborate and expensive. Except for my family, ooTshezi were lenient and accepted whatever ooJola could afford – a fraction of the full cost. Now is that justice? Is it praying for karma? Wishing that the perpetrator would die the very same way he killed the victim. Would that be justice? Is it when the perpetrator is arrested, prosecuted and convicted? The former two transpired, but the case was struck off the r...