Motswana Reality TV Star, Willers passes on

Wednesday, December 08, 2021 | 16190 Views |

Former Miss Botswana 2009 second princess and Real Housewives of Johannesburg Reality TV Star, Naledi Willers has died, Showbiz has established. Willers who had been battling breast cancer for years succumbed to the disease.

Naledi was diagnosed with stage 2 triple-negative breast cancer in 2019.

Since then, the star has been documenting her battle against cancer on social media. “The world buckled down and braced for the impact of COVID-19 while each day I was terrified that an encounter with the virus while on chemotherapy could result in my death due to my compromised immune system,”she once posted on her Instagram page. Willers revealed that since being diagnosed with breast cancer, she had been fighting a war and even called herself ‘Nalegend’ for surviving the worst of the disease and being an activist.

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Motswana Reality TV Star, Willers passes on

Former Miss Botswana 2009 second princess and Real Housewives of Johannesburg Reality TV Star, Naledi Willers has died, Showbiz has established. Willers who had been battling breast cancer for years succumbed to the disease.