Sonia Mbele condemns son over abuse allegations: ‘I refuse to raise a man like his father’
ACTRESS and businesswoman Sonia Mbele found herself topping the social media trends list on Wednesday after her son Donell Mbele’s girlfriend accused him of abuse.
In a lengthy statement shared on her Twitter and Instagram accounts, the former Generations star condemned her son over the abuse allegations.
“I woke up this morning to a different world, a world I thought I had long buried. From the age of 17 to 26, I was with a man who was abusive, physically, psychologically and emotionally,” Sonia said in a statement.
“I’m mentioning this so that you understand that as a woman who has suffered all kinds of abuse, I do not stand for, support or condone such a stance.”
Sonia said she had not been aware of her son’s behaviour and wished Reokeditswe had reached out to her earlier. She “reassured” Reokeditswe (Makete) that she had her full support and insisted Donell must face the consequences of his actions.
“As a mother, I wish she had come to me to inform me on what was going on because finding out on social media broke my heart. I’ve always been there, I’ve always been supportive.
“With that said, Donell will face his demons and take accountability for his actions and let the law take its course. I refuse to raise a man like his father. Rehab, therapy and internal healing will prevail,” added Sonia.
In a series of tweets shared on multiple social media platforms, Makete shared pictures and videos of her bruised face and alleged that Donell
has also threatened to kill her.
“This man abused me on four different occasions, each time worse than the last,” wrote Makete on her Insta Stories.
“And in the most recent time I wanted to press charges but was conflicted by so many things. Firstly my love for him, I put him before myself as all I thought about was his future and how selfish I’d be to ruin it; secondly his mother is public figure so I didn’t want to drag her into it.
“But after today when he hit me, suffocated me and dragged me around his house ... I realised this man isn’t going to change.”
Makete also shared an emotional video of herself crying, stating that Donell logged her out of her social media accounts and deleted all her posts “because he doesn’t want everybody to see what a bad man he is ”.
She also said that she had opened a case with the police.