“… I was already seething with anger that had been
building over the past six days. I bombarded her with a series of questions, giving her no
chance to respond to the barrage of inquiries posed by an angry monster. In the heat of the
moment, without further thought, I raised my voice and my hand. I slapped her across the
face and kicked her randomly. She cried. At that moment, I was immediately overcome with
shame and remorse…”
When the abuser passed away, it brought catharsis instead of grief, writes Bhekisisa Mncube about his healing from sexual abuse, endured over four decades ago.
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