South Affican Actress Millicent Makhado has finally spoken up about her abusive marriage and how she walked away from it. Millicent had taken to her YouTube channel to speak about abuse and walking away from abuse.
Millicent has spoken up in previous interviews about her husband being abusive and wanting to monitor her every movement. Her previous husband was abusive physically and emotionally as he beat her up. It took some time and courage but the actress finally left her ex husband whom she does not name. The marriage ended in 2012 with 2 children. Millicent has since remarried. The actress is married to Jabulani Chauke and the couple has a child together.
Muvhango’s Agnes speaks about leaving abusive husband
On her YouTube video, Muvhango’s Agnes highlights the different reasons why women stay in abusive relationships and marriages. She highlights how often times women quit work with the agreement with their partner that he will provide. When the partner becomes abusive, the woman is faced to stay as there is no alternative.
Millicent spoke about how we men will then speak to their husbands mother because they are taught that should today be any problem they should not talk to anyone else but their husband’s mother. Unfortunately parents will always take their children’s side and issues remain unsettled. With women being told to not speak to anyone about their marital problems and the church not being able to help, women remain in abusive situations. Millicent Makhado also brought uo the issue of women staying because of fear of people talking about their failed marriages.
However, regardless of all those issues, the Muvhango actress encourages women to leave and start afresh.
Millicent Makhado is also an MC and a motivational speaker. The actress is currently growing her YouTube channel and is taking content creation very seriously. She has spoken about going deeper into issues surrounding abuse on her channel.