Onica Nyembezi Mothoa, the woman who claims to be Nelson Mandela’s love child, travelled to the Mediclinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria on Thursday, but was turned away at the gate. Mothoa was born in Atterid geville in 1947 to Sophie Majeni. She said Majeni met Madiba while she was working as a domestic worker in Pretoria. The 65-year-old woman, from Soshanguve North, has tried to meet the icon before. She has been trying for several years, including making trips to Qunu, Eastern Cape, to meet him. The Star reported in 2011 that Majeni’s parents had forced her to go into hiding after realising she had a child by Mandela. Her mother’s family were allegedly paralysed by fear at the thought of being associated with Mandela, who had become a thorn in the side of the apartheid regime. In the end, Majeni lost contact with Mandela. On Thursday, she left her house hurriedly when a group of ANC Women's League members told her they were taking her to the hospital. The women were visiting the hospital to pray for Mandela’s speedy recovery. "I wanted to use the opportunity to pray for him and also to meet him. I knew it was going to be impossible because the Mandela family are rejecting me, but I had to try," Mothoa said. Speaking to The Star on Thursday night, she said security guards had told her that nobody was allowed to enter the hospital premises. Mothoa, who bears an uncanny physical resemblance to Mandela, said the guards at the gate had told her: "We can see you look like him, but there is nothing we can do. We have been instructed not to let anyone into the hospital premises except the family." "I don't want him to die before I meet him. I don’t know why the family are not allowing him to tell them if he knows anything about my mother," she said. "If they are not hiding anything, why are they not giving him the opportunity to meet me?" Mothoa added.
Friday, June 28, 2013
Nelson Mandela's 'Love Child' Not Allowed To See Him
Onica Nyembezi Mothoa, the woman who claims to be Nelson Mandela’s love child, travelled to the Mediclinic Heart Hospital in Pretoria on Thursday, but was turned away at the gate. Mothoa was born in Atterid geville in 1947 to Sophie Majeni. She said Majeni met Madiba while she was working as a domestic worker in Pretoria. The 65-year-old woman, from Soshanguve North, has tried to meet the icon before. She has been trying for several years, including making trips to Qunu, Eastern Cape, to meet him. The Star reported in 2011 that Majeni’s parents had forced her to go into hiding after realising she had a child by Mandela. Her mother’s family were allegedly paralysed by fear at the thought of being associated with Mandela, who had become a thorn in the side of the apartheid regime. In the end, Majeni lost contact with Mandela. On Thursday, she left her house hurriedly when a group of ANC Women's League members told her they were taking her to the hospital. The women were visiting the hospital to pray for Mandela’s speedy recovery. "I wanted to use the opportunity to pray for him and also to meet him. I knew it was going to be impossible because the Mandela family are rejecting me, but I had to try," Mothoa said. Speaking to The Star on Thursday night, she said security guards had told her that nobody was allowed to enter the hospital premises. Mothoa, who bears an uncanny physical resemblance to Mandela, said the guards at the gate had told her: "We can see you look like him, but there is nothing we can do. We have been instructed not to let anyone into the hospital premises except the family." "I don't want him to die before I meet him. I don’t know why the family are not allowing him to tell them if he knows anything about my mother," she said. "If they are not hiding anything, why are they not giving him the opportunity to meet me?" Mothoa added.
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