Actress and producer Sonia Mbele has addressed the gender-based violence (GBV) levelled in opposition to her son, Donell Mbele.
On Tuesday, 22 November, a younger girl named Reokeditswe Makete took to Instagram to allege that Donell bodily abused her and nearly raped her.
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In a press release on Wednesday, the producer of the Real Housewives franchise mentioned that the legislation should take its course.
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‘LET THE LAW TAKE ITS COURSE’: SONIA MBELE
The former Generations actress began by revealing that she is an abuse survivor, due to this fact, she doesn’t help or condone the felony act.
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“From the age of 17 to 26 I used to be with a person who was abusive, bodily, psychologically and emotionally.
“I’m mentioning this so that you understand that as a woman who has suffered ALL kinds of abuse, I do not stand for, support or condone such stance,” Sonia mbele wrote.
The former Diep City actress additionally shared that she treats Reokeditswe as a daughter and can proceed to take action.
“As a mom I want she had come to me to tell me on what was occurring as a result of discovering out on social media broke my coronary heart. I’ve all the time been there, I’ve all the time been supportive.
“I now realise I should have taken preventative measures much earlier such as counselling and/or child therapy, but sometimes the mistake we tend to make as African single mothers is to assume and hope that things will work out for the best meanwhile certain past behaviours can affect generations to come,” she defined.
Additionally, Sonia Mbele expressed that she’s going to “let the law take its course” as Donell might be held accountable.
“With that said Donell will face his demons and take accountability for his actions and let the law take its course. I refuse to raise a man like his father. Rehab, therapy and internal healing will prevail.”
GBV ALLEGATIONS AGAINST DONELL MBELE
According to the 21-year-old girl, Donell Mbele — who performed Prince Moroka on Generations — was her boyfriend. It’s additionally rumoured that the couple have a child collectively.
Reokeditswe detailed the alleged abuse on her Instagram tales, saying that he abused her on 4 totally different events.
“Each time, worse than the last. And on the most recent time, I wanted to [l]ay charges but was conflicted by so many things. Firstly, my love for him. I put him before myself and all I thought about was his future and how selfish I’d be to ruin it,” she mentioned.
Sharing footage of the bruises on her face and a damaged nail all from the alleged abuse, Reokeditswe expressed that she had been defending Donell as a result of his mom, Sonia Mbele, is a public determine.
In addition, she admitted that she had been forgiving her alleged abuser for his crimes within the hopes that he would change.
“But after right this moment, he hit me, suffocated me and dragged me round his home, then laughed in my face. I realised this man isn’t going to vary and the person I really feel in love with, simply doesn’t exist anymore.
“So now I need to put myself first. And for those asking, yes I am opening a case. It was the last thing I expected,” she added.
DONELL ‘ADMITS’ HE IS ABUSIVE
Reokeditswe additionally shared a screenshot of a dialog allegedly between her and Donell. In the messages, Donell — who calls her Omphile — admits to abusing her and “almost raping” her.
“I almost f**ing killed you. I almost raped you. This isn’t a man you deserve to be with…love isn’t supposed to be toxic, especially to the point where I almost kill you,” Donell allegedly wrote.
Sonia Mbele’s son was responding to a query Reokeditswe had requested about why they can’t be collectively anymore.
