South Africa's national broadcaster SABC has screened a reality TV show featuring Reeva Steenkamp this evening, as planned.The show's producer said the family wanted it to be shown, but her cousin says they were not consulted.
Women's rights activists and members of the public have expressed their dismay at the screening of an reality TV show featuring Reeva Steenkamp, the girlfriend of Oscar Pistorius, two days after she was shot.
Rachel Jewkes, a gender and health researcher at the South African Medical Research Council said the clips were particularly insensitive in a country where a woman is estimated to be killed by her partner, every eight hours. She told Reuters:
Many South Africans thought the decision not to delay the show until after the funeral was wrong. Many took issue with the tribute aired before the show.
Read: Tribute to Reeva Steenkamp aired on South African TV
Insurance consultant Montle Ndlovu, said:
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The US president also shared a post on Twitter accusing Dr Anthony Fauci of misleading the public over hydroxychloroquine.
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