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Zoleka Mandela celebrates her last day of radiation

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Author Zoleka Mandela has announced her last day of radiation. The news comes after the writer was diagnosed with cancer for the third time. 

While taking to her Instagram timeline, granddaughter of former South Africa president, Nelson Mandela, shared the good news with followers. 

“02.05.2023 Dear Diary! Guess what happened today? I had my last and 10th Radiation Treatment to my brain.  I even got to take my Radiation Mask with me, as memorabilia!!! My Radiation Oncologist has also asked me to discontinue the STEROIDS, I’m back home and feeling indebted!!! Next form of treatments is with my Medical Oncologist. Peace. Passion. Positivity,” she wrote.

Her post inspired many people as they flooded her comment section with heartwarming messages. 

“So happy for you babe now on to the next. . We’ve got this, yes I said We…. coz me and the rest of the country are praying for you…. we love you….. we need you in our Instagram lives….. scratch that we need you in our real lives….. your such a power house Zoleka….. Such an inspiration….. you’re a million times a woman than most of us wish to be…..so full of life so real and living the truth….. How you do it I don’t know but I know whose child you are ….. A child of God. Well done mamacita. Peace.Passion.Positivity,” wrote a fan.

“Only if there was vn on IG, how I screamed out of Joy!!! God is Good,” another user wrote.

Zoleka was first diagnosed with breast cancer on 15 March 2016 and she was re-diagnosed in April 2016 with Luminal Type B Breast Cancer.

In September of the same year, she was then diagnosed with stage 4 cancer which was said to affect her bones, liver, and lungs.

While speaking during an interview on Kaya FM’s Point of View show with Phemelo Motene, the author opened up about her ongoing battle with cancer.

She reportedly got candid about the planning for her death.  She said that she’s met with family, a lawyer and a therapist to discuss life after her death.

“It will probably sound strange but, I think I am blessed or fortunate enough to be in a position where I am in my planning stages. I am having conversations with my loved ones, lawyer, therapist, and siblings to discuss what happens on the day and after I pass away,” she said while speaking to Phemelo. 

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