Popular South African actress Nomzamo Mbatha who is now causing headlines through new hit drama series, Shaka Ilembe was interviewed on Radio 702 on 12 July and opened up about childhood traumas and how her self-esteem and education were affected later on in life.

South African award-winning actress, executive producer, and TV presenter Nomzamo Mbatha has come a long way from the little girl from KwaMashu Township. She got candid about her life with Radio 702 presenter, Relebongile Mabotja on The Upside of Failure.

The 33-year-old explained that she worked on herself during the Covid-19 pandemic as she got to reparent her inner child. Mbatha said that although she felt loved as a child, she doesn’t feel that she received the necessary emotional support as a child. Her father died when she was 14 years old, and she recalled stepping in to become his primary caregiver before he died.Mbatha said she didn’t know herself and felt swallowed by the university.

“I think I just lost my footing,” she concluded.

And, now as an adult, to commemorate the late former South African president Nelson Mandela on his birthday, the award-winning actress returned to her township, this time with the Cotton On Foundation, and planted native trees throughout the Dr JL Dube High School in KwaMashu, EWN reported.