Whose fault is it? May 03, 2018 WHOSE FAULT IS IT By: Palesa Chidi Recently in our country we have seen a lot of cases or rather accusations whereby men are said to have raped, murdered or assaulted women. The women being their wives, girlfriends, sisters, mothers etc. Most of these cases never get anywhere because our justice system is a failure. Is it our fault that we are getting killed? Is it our fault that we get raped because we wear short skirts and tight pants? Is it our fault that we get assaulted because we can’t ‘supposedly’ defend ourselves like men can? These are the questions the we as women constantly ask ourselves, but I guess we will never really get the answers. On the 14th of February, valentine’s day 2013, 0scar Pistorius killed his girlfriend, River Steenkamp because he thought that she was an intruder. Oscar was then sentenced to 6 years in prison even though the minimum sentence for murder in south Africa is 15 years. In the e...