CRL: Ukuthwala is not abduction

Commission head Thoko Mkhwanazi-Xaluva said ukuthwala was between two consenting adults who loved each other, wanted to be together, but were being hindered by issues such as collapsed lobola negotiations between their families.

 

The woman's family would then be alerted that she was at her lover's home willingly and call for the negotiations to continue.

 

But, Mkhwanazi-Xaluva said men were now abducting young girls and calling this ukuthwala.

 

She was speaking in Sandton where her organisation was briefing the media on their latest reports of ukuthwala.

 

"As long as we call it ukuthwala, it won't stop," she said.

 

"It needs to be called jack-rolling and abduction... Name it correctly," she said.