NELSON Mandela’s granddaughter Zoleka has revealed to her social media followers that as a child she was physically and sexually abused.
Taking to her Instagram account, she celebrated her book When Hope Whispers, in which she delved deeper into her struggles with chemotherapy treatments, drug and alcohol addiction, sex addiction and losing her two children, among other things.
Zoleka also made some startling revelations about how she suffered physical abuse from the age of 4 years to 14 years.
Like many victims of sexual abuse, the 39-year-old goes on to say that at the time, she couldn’t ask for help, because she didn’t know that what was happening to her wasn’t her fault.