QUESTION 2 - DIGITAL LITERACY

Q.2.1 https://youtu.be/dYdBljhpc5I

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Q.2.2

RAPE-THE COLD HARD FACTS

Q.2.2) Here I will use the process of the solution fluency in an attempt to solve South Africa’s major rape occurrences.

·       Define (identifying the problem) - The extremely high rate of rape in South Africa (one if the highest rape rates in the world to be exact).

·       Discover (here we look at how we got to this point and how the problem became a problem) – As everyone knows South Africa as an extremely dark past. One where racism and violence towards non-whites were normal. It is agreed that Apartheid had put South Africa on a very dark future and only because of this Apartheid many people today are uneducated and poverty stricken. A majority of South Africans are non-white. The only education they know is crime. It is also said by many who lived in the Apartheid era that if a non-white person raped another non-white person they were not convicted hence over the years it’s become a normal thing. South Africa is a very multi-cultural nation. Many of these cultures believe strongly in male dominance. All these factors which I have stated have led to South Africa having one of the highest rape rates in the world. (http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/sep/29/south-africa-rape-nightmare-crime-stats. )

·       Dream (thinking of innovative ideas) – How terrific it would be if rape is eradicated in South Africa. Where the injustice of women and children would just be a nightmare that never occurred in South Africa. Where women and men are equal not only in the Bill of Rights but in all South African citizens hearts and soul. It would be nice to see women who have been abused have the courage to speak against the injustice for both them and they fellow sisters. Where young men are taught through education to respect women. As a wise man once said educate a women you educate the world.

·       Design (Making the dream a reality through steps) – In present perpetrators of sexual crimes in any nature should get the maximum punishment so that future or potential perpetrators will see the consequences of this vile action. The most major thing that can be done is the empowerment of women through education. Here we can teach women to stand up for their rights by thinking for themselves and relying on themselves. When a woman is educated no force aimed against her can succeed. Another thing which has to be done is to eradicate poverty. Poverty is the mother of all crimes. Most South Africans today still live in poverty and don’t even have the opportunity of education. If the government puts in more money, time and effort to solve the problem of poverty which has a chain reaction to things like rape. The rape rates will drastically decrease if this is done. They say kill the queen bee and the army will fall. (http://www.thenation.com/article/ten-thing-end-rape-culture/)

·       Debrief (evaluate the process)- I very much think that I have stated will make a big difference in South African’s rape rates.

(IIE, 2016:52, 53)