By Katlego Sekhu
In 2021 Sophie Ndaba’s son, Lwandle Ndaba released a diss track exposing his mom’s estranged husband, Max Lichaba.
In the song titled My Stepfather’s a Devil Lwandle accuses Max Lichaba of being the reason Sophie suffered from depression.
He also calls him out for physically assaulting his mom.
Joining 959 Breakfast with Dineo Ranaka and Sol Phenduka this morning, Sophie and Lwandle Ndaba speak in detail about the events that led to the song and its aftermath.
Speaking about her relationship with Lwandle, the actress says “he’s always been a mommy’s boy” and has her best interests at heart.
“You know boys love their moms right? He has been the closest child of mine since he was a baby until he was 10 years old telling me that my sisters were stealing from me and reading my documents. He was always mommy’s boy.”
Sophie was surprised to see the track trending as she didn’t think it would gain so much traction.
“I didn’t know that he was going to drop that song. He told me not to be angry and asked for my opinion. I just thought it was one of his songs because he is studying music.”
The content of the song left Sophie worried as she was not aware that Lwandle was observing everything.
She adds: “It concerned me afterward that my son has actually been calculating, watching and assessing, and saying one day is one day, I’ll show you.”
The former Generations actress believes that parents need to pick up “when their kids are distressed and when they don’t like something.”
Prior to the release of the song, Sophie was not aware of this. “As parents, we are so ignorant. A lot of kids commit suicide and luckily he vented through music, ” she says.
Chatting to 959 Breakfast, Lwandle says the song was “an expression of the things he had seen.”
When he becomes a husband and a father, the young rapper does not want to repeat the same mistakes as his father. “This so is just a reminder to me that.”
Prayer is one thing that helped Lwandle throughout the pain of seeing his mother broken.
“I’m a praying man and because of this, I got closer to God. I think it’s just one of those things that made me see the real world.
“A lot of kids my age are scared to speak out because they are afraid of the repercussions. It felt like I was helping a lot of people my age.”
Listen to Lwandle and Sophie Ndaba on 959 Breakfast.
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