South African actress Letoya Makhene reportedly tried to overdose on pills after her wife, Lebohang Pulumo Keswa, left her.
SundayWorld reported that the alleged suicide attempt happened after Keswa accused Makhene of having an affair with a Nigerian drug dealer and another woman.
The publication also mentioned that Makhene allegedly scalded Keswa with boiling water, hit her with an ironing board, threw a vase at her, and damaged furniture before setting the curtains of their Randfontein home on fire.
This news was revealed in a text message Keswa sent to a friend, who shared it with SundayWorld but remained anonymous to avoid backlash.
“This was in October, after she burned me with boiling water, and I told her I didn’t want the marriage anymore, and that same week she overdosed on tablets and tried to commit su*cide. And this is when I took her to the doctor, and he referred her to a psychiatric hospital, and she had agreed at the time to go, and I was making arrangements only for her to later change her mind and say it’s dlozi (ancestors’) stuff she will sort herself out,” reads Keswa’s message.
The friend also claimed that Keswa told her she felt sick and vomited while being intimate with Makhene, imagining her with the drug dealer.
“She said they had visited friends in Joburg and Letoya passed out after drinking too much. She stated that she took their children and left Letoya behind. Later on, Letoya went to Norwood, [Joburg] where she met with this drug dealer and asked him to give her cocaine in exchange for s3x.
She said when she confronted her, Letoya said the drug dealer r*ped her and threatened to press criminal charges against him. But Lebo was not convinced,” said the friend.
The friend said after a few days of fighting over the matter, Keswa begrudgingly reconciled with Makhene at the latter’s behest.
“One day, when they were intimate, Lebo literally puked on Letoya,” said the friend.
The friend also said Makhene always used her ancestors as an excuse for assaulting her.
“After assaulting her in Tzaneen between December 16 and 18, 2022, Lebo went to the Tzaneen police station [and] reported the matter. When she was there, Letoya’s family called her and asked her not to lay criminal charges against her, saying she was not beaten up by her but by her idlozi named Inyanga,”
Keswa said she was saddened to comment on the end of a marriage she “once cherished and adored”.
“In Letoya, I thought I had found a soul mate, and I was looking forward to growing old with her, and as I always said to her, ‘You’re going to close my eyes when I die’.
“I guess, as they say, the show must go on! To my children and family, I apologise for the impact that this journey may have had on you. I will spend the rest of my life making it up to you.
“To Letoya, her family, and last but not least, her children, I loved you all, and I’m sorry that things had to get to this point. I sincerely wish everyone nothing but the best with their journey going forward,” Keswa told Sunday World.
