Mayor’s nude video goes viral

Staff reporter

Mahikeng – The leaked video Mayor of Tswaing local Municipality in the North West Ntombizodwa Norah Mahlanghu is not only privacy invasion but also illegal.

Mayor Ntombizodwa’s reputation has been marred by a scandalous video that has been making the rounds on social media.

The footage, which has gone viral, appears to show the mayor naked playing with her breast and displayed her full body.

The footage has gone viral, with many users sharing and discussing it, as sharing such violated her privacy.

In law, that’s revenge porn and illegal.

‘Revenge porn’ or image-based abuse is when someone shares, or threatens to share, an intimate photo or video of you without your consent. It’s still image-based abuse if it’s a screenshot or recording of a live chat (sometimes known as capping), or a meme, or even a fake or deepfake that has been edited to look like you. Image-based abuse is never OK, and if it’s happened to you it’s not your fault.

Even if you send someone an intimate image or video of you, or agree to them taking one, that doesn’t mean they’re allowed to share it with anyone else*. Also, don’t forget that if you connect with someone online your conversations or videos can be recorded without you knowing, and the things you share may be seen by people other than the person you sent them to.

Image-based abuse is also known as ‘revenge porn’ because some people do it to hurt a person who has ended a relationship with them, or threaten to do it unless they stay together. But there are other reasons too – for example:

to blackmail the person shown
to embarrass or upset them
to get them into trouble
to make them feel like they have to do something or stop doing it
to boast
to cause trouble for someone who was trusted with the image or video (such as a boyfriend or girlfriend).

Asked for comment, Ntombizodwa Mahlanghu said she heard about the video.

“I heard about the video. I can’t comment now.”

The similar incident was seen in the Free State Provincial legislature where then Speaker of the legislature Ntombizanele Sifuba’s Video went viral on social Media platforms.

In most cases, the victims do not even lay criminal charges as they want this matter to die as quick as possible.

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