‘I Was Raped By My Cousin'

A reader shares the pain of being raped by a close relative when she was just eight years old

- Paballo Zwane

I have always felt like I am unlovable and that I am not capable of loving anyone. Life has not been easy for me as everything in my life went wrong, but I couldn’t talk about it because I was scared of being judged or even misunderstood. I felt I had to deal with everything on my own.

BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED