Royal love child’s despair over ‘rejection’ by Ndebele king

Mother of teenage boy says he has tried to kill himself because his father doesn't love him

12 June 2022 - 00:00

A 16-year-old love-child of Ndebele monarch Makhosonke II has tried to kill himself more than once because his father does not want to be seen with him, the boy's mother says. ..

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