‘I Was Raped By My Cousin'
Move!|6 June 2018

A reader shares the pain of being raped by a close relative when she was just eight years old

Paballo Zwane
‘I Was Raped By My Cousin'

I have always felt like I am unlovable and that I am not capable of loving anyone. Life has not been easy for me as everything in my life went wrong, but I couldn’t talk about it because I was scared of being judged or even misunderstood. I felt I had to deal with everything on my own.

BEING SEXUALLY ABUSED

This story is from the 6 June 2018 edition of Move!.

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