A mother's enduring GBV grief: 'I forgave Africa's killer'
Tuesday, December 16, 2025 | 460 Views |
Gladys Ramothwa.PIC.SERATI RANNONA
Gladys Ramothwa shares that it is a pain she says has never faded, even after more than two decades.
“It was painful... it is still painful today,” she says. Africa was killed in January 2003 by her fiancé, Lebogang Mothudi, at a time when conversations around GBV were muted, often confined to whispers within families and communities.
Her story is heartbreaking not only because she is fighting for her life at such a tender age, but because her parents have spent months navigating a medical journey filled with uncertainty, delays, and rising fear.What began as something that seemed as simple as jaundice has escalated into a life-threatening condition that now requires an urgent liver transplant.For Asli’s parents, the reality is devastating. They are not asking for luxuries...