Chris Brown concert sparks petition and renews focus on gender-based violence in South Africa
By
Jim Olang
Women for Change, a South African women’s rights organization, launched a petition calling for the cancellation of Grammy-winning artist Chris Brown’s December 2024 Johannesburg performances due to his history of domestic abuse. The change.org petition, which surfaced on Oct. 2, 2024, asks concert promoters and the government to “reconsider” allowing Brown to perform at the FNB Stadium, the largest stadium in Africa, where over 94,000 tickets sold out in less than two hours. The controversy refl
