A Durban primary school teacher who survived abuse and attempted murder by her husband has penned a book about her ordeal.
Nkosingiphile Happiness Nxumalo, a mother of three from KwaNongoma, in her book titled Ngiyokhohlwa ngifile (I will never forget) details how she suffered at the hands of her husband, who committed suicide after thinking he had killed her in 2019.
Nxumalo’s book was launched over the weekend at the eThekwini municipal library.
She said her husband hacked her on the head and back with a machete in their home until he thought she was dead and then took a rope and hanged himself.
The incident left her right side paralysed. Nxumalo said she had to go through intensive therapy to heal.
“My husband was that person who controlled me. He would tell me that I needed to be home at a certain time. He chose my friends and family members that I could speak to.
“Sometimes, he would randomly check my cellphone just to see who I am talking to and my messages. He would beat me up whenever he felt like it and tell me how much he loved me and that I should never tell anyone about what is going on in our marriage because it was between us as a couple, and that was my biggest mistake. He told me that I would leave the marriage in a coffin,” she said.
