Vatiswa Ndara: Lay a Patch about Suicide Attempt
Vatiswa Ndara, South African actress and media personality opens up about suicide attempt.
Vatiswa who began her career as a news reader and compiler at Radio Transkei, spoke of the potion she drank to try end her life.
In a recent sit-down on King David’s podcast, Vatiswa explained her decisions where due to the allegations ousted from the SABC for laying sexual assaults complaint against a colleague.
“I took Jeyes Fluid, Handy Andy, pills and Jik. So you can imagine when the contents wanted to come out,” she said.
After leaving the SABC she also lost other acting gigs because of the scandal.
In a 2017 interview on Kaya FM, Ndara recalled how she had cleaned the house before attempting to overdose.
“I knew this was going to do it, there was no way I was going to survive with all these pills and everything I drank. I remember that day I cleaned the house, I cleaned before I did all this so at least people come to a clean place.”
Ndara told a social media user who accused her of not taking accountability that speaking out was a way of unburdening herself of her experiences.
“They think I’m narrating the story to be seen as a victim or a hero. How sad! Being labelled or being given some title is not going to change the fact you experienced certain things in your life,” she said.
Vatiswa Ndara: Lay a Patch about Suicide Attempt
