The popular legendary actor who has had the hard year in 2020 which resulted in having his left leg amputated and have his acting career being put into a halt, has now opened up for the first time.

Israel Matseke- Zulu who recently played Don on Mzansi Magic’s soap, Gomora has poured his heart out about his battle with gangrene.

 

 
The revered thespian said he started experiencing excruciating pain in his legs but he ignored it since he was scared of going to hospital for medical examination.

Israel said he was living in hell for seven months every night because when he tried to sleep in bed, the pain would be unbearable.

Eventually he went to have it examined and it was discovered that he has a gangrene.

He said the doctors were surprised that although this was caused by high blood and sugar diabetes but the actor had none of them. They then suspected it might be smoking of which he decided to quit smoking.

The former Gaz’lam actor said after agreeing to have his leg cut off as the pain was getting much wiesey, he then changed his hand cancelled the appointment for an operation at the last minute. Infact he cancelled four times before he eventually heeded to his friend’s advice and went to Rob Ferreira hospital, in Nelspruit, Mpumalanga where he had his leg amputated after being hospitalized for a week.

He said that he quickly recuperated because he had accepted his situation.

The actor confirmed that he would bounce back soon on our screens as he know that in acting, people can create a storyline for a person in his condition.

He said that his fans must expect him in three months time from now on as he would have received his prosthetic leg by then.