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One of the country’s outstanding cricketer’s, Kagiso KG Rabada, has said he is a “strong supporter” of “gender equality” and was “against the scourge of violence against women.”
In an exclusive interview with GLAMOUR, the Proteas fast bowler has urged men to “honour and appreciate” women as they were the backbone of the nation.
During a studio session at the Red-Bull Studios in Cape Town where he was recording a track with DA CAPO this month, the 24-year-old said to be a good man meant to be “loving, caring, having a stand of what you believed in, respectful and not to be abusive towards women.”
Rabada said that the late struggling hero Winnie Madikizela-Mandela was among some of the most prominent figures he looked up to.
He said Madikizela-Mandela was “an inspiration as she stood up against injustice.”
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KG said late Princess Diana of Wales who died in a tragic car crash on August 31 was another iconic figure who inspired him.
The awarded winning fast bowler added that before making a decision on who he got romantically involved with, these were some of the key areas he looked for in partner.
“Before getting romantically involved with anyone you must be obviously attracted to that person, they must be beautiful, but then beauty is in the eye of the beholder. It should be someone who you could relate to, you can’t have someone who doesn’t really relate to you in certain ways. You need to have a similar mindset; they must be a good person in general. They need to be a catch in your vibe, and you in their vibe. They must be independent and be able to stand on their own two feet,” he said.
Rabada’s comments came as South Africa was commemorating Women’s Month. The southern African nation pays tribute to the more than 20 000 women who risked their lives to march to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956 in protest against the extension of Pass Laws to women.
A system meant to control women even further and reduce them to passive beings, at the mercy of men.This year sees Mzansi enter 25 years of relative peace and democracy. A milestone which calls on South Africa to reflect on the strides it has made in ensuring a society that is free of gender inequalities.
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Speaking on the gloomy political climate which was affecting the country, the internationally acclaimed cricketer said it was time to have a “strong leadership” which was going to be able to “take a stand on corruption, end joblessness and make sure that everyone was living well.”
He, however, cautioned that this was not going to happen overnight.
“It’s not going to be easy giving everyone jobs, it will not happen overnight, it’s not reality. But I do think that for progress to happen, we need strong leadership, we need a leadership that flows towards the people, and towards the country. The leadership should ensure that people can at least live decent lives. I think that the mindset in the country also needs to change, as much as the leadership needs to pull towards the country, the people must have a similar mindset,” said Rabada
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