Thuli Mathebula was overcome with emotion when she launched her first book ‘Greathearted’ at the Albert Luthuli Museum on Saturday.

Having grown up in Newcastle, she moved to Tongaat in 1994 to seek out a more fulfilling life.

She studied fashion design at the Lindiwe Kuzwayo Academy of Fashion Design and went on to study nursing at the Netcare Academy, where she subsequently spent 13 years as a paediatric nurse.

Her book, she says, is “for people who seek to apply love and forgiveness in their lives.”

It comes as a result of a series of personal traumatic events, starting with her being a victim of sexual abuse at the age of 15, and more recently, the loss of her baby.

The book aims to empower people struggling to overcome their past by learning to accept circumstances they are unable to change.

She said she needed to reconcile with her past and forgive to move forward with her life.

She recounts having cried each time she finished a chapter and describes this as having been both painful and liberating.

To get a copy of the book, contact Thuli Mathebula at 084 884 7179.

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