"I was asked to abort my first child" - Manaka Ranaka
Actress Manaka Ranaka wishing her daughter, Katlego, a happy birthday on social media recently opened up a whole lot of secrets that South Africa knew nothing about.
The 'Generations: The Legacy' actress, who recently celebrated 20 years in the industry, used social media to share some of the hardships she endured two decades ago when she was pregnant with her first baby.
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In an Instagram post, Ranaka shared a bit about getting pregnant at the start of her career and how she was asked to get an abortion by the woman who hired her all those years ago.
Happy Birthday mama. The one who made me a mother 👩🏾🦱. The one who made me a Gmom 👩🏾🦳. You @kay.stone_core are such a blessing in my life. We were so meant to be. 20 years of doing this life thing together, and I've never looked back since. I remember when women I worked for told me to abort you and I was like la hlanya, they fired me! Honestly I didn't care, coz I was so determined to keep you and enter the next chapter in my life and that was bieng a mom ( Lauren Hill's song Zion kept me going when I felt that the world was against us). I was ready man, .as young as they said I was, I was ready for you, and its been quiet a journey baby. A journey i would repeat anyday. Have a blessed day ngwanaka. You'll always be my baby. You've always been my Joy. My ZION,”
After Ranaka refused to abort her baby, they fired her, but she didn’t care because she was so determined to keep the child and enter the next chapter of her life with her pride and joy.
Ranaka, according to reports, is pregnant with her second child. Details of the pregnancy are unknown at this time.
Ranaka teased us a bit and shared a picture on her Instagram of her baby daddy. What a beautiful couple...
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