Mduduzi Mathebula
VANDERBIJLPARK.- “Do not blame me when I get angry at God! I sometimes get disappointed at myself. Why am I still alive?”
These were the strong words from the now late Monosi Motloung (37), a single mother of an eleven-year-old boy.
Motloung took her last breath on Sunday after she was admitted to the Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto. Throughout her life Motloung had been suffering from two chronic diseases, epilepsy and cancer.
She rose to fame and was popular as a radio presenter at VUT FM from 2005 where she hosted an afternoon drive programme. She later joined Sedibeng FM where she also hosted the afternoon drive show.
For a long time Motloung became a cancer and epilepsy advocate.
Speaking about her life, Motloung once told Sedibeng Ster; “I had to learn how to deal with my epileptic seizures from an early age. Through this ordeal I had to lose people who I thought I loved or who I thought loved me as I was stigmatized.”
Paying respects to her, it was clear that many saw her as a symbol of what life and living should be.
“In the midst of negativity and hard, dark, black lives, Monosy chose to talk, teach and tell all about the pain suffered in silence and shame by many.
“She made epilepsy visible and ‘colourful’ when many felt it was a curse to be epileptic. She fought the giant that is cancer by giving it a public platform for so many of us to learn from,” according to a message from one of her friends on social media.
Another said, “ I commend you for your bravery, your fighting spirit, your courage! You fought with everything in you.
“After your chemo sessions you were always in so much pain and couldn’t take it but you NEVER gave up! Thank you for your motivational words. I’ll never forget any of the things you said to me!”
In 2015 Motloung was diagnosed with lymphoma, a form of cancer for which she had to immediately start chemotherapy.
In her last interview with Sedibeng Ster Motloung said: “I do not know why I’m suffering, but I know I have cancer. I have to draw my strength from my mother and my son. Though I sometimes have negative thoughts, when I look at them, I repent.”
She leaves behind her son and mother.
At the time of going to print Motloung’s funeral arrangements were not yet known.