By: Poelano Malema
Zikhona Sodlaka has become the latest celebrity to advocate for public breastfeeding.
The actress, who became a mom in 2020, took to Instagram to address strange comments that breastfeeding moms have to deal with when breastfeeding their children in public.
She said her child is not going to starve because someone else is uncomfortable with public breastfeeding.
“Here’s what’s not going to happen, my baby and everybody else’s baby who feeds from the breast is not going to go hungry because of the strange comments made when a woman decides to feed her child,” she wrote on Instagram.
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The ‘Isibaya’ star said those who are against public breastfeeding should walk away or close their eyes.
“If it is uncomfortable for you to look at a feeding baby that needs to grow, then perhaps YOU cover YOUR eyes or you get up and you walk away,” she wrote.
“I don’t want to talk about how strange it is to not want to see a child feeding because we all know that in the beginning of your life you too had to suckle from your mother’s breast,” she added.
Other celebrities who support public breastfeeding
In 2018, Jo-Anne Strauss wrote: “Even if it offends you, I’m going to feed my baby whenever and wherever because it’s good for my child. If it offends you, look away.”
Another celebrity who let the world know that she is going to breastfeed her children publicly is Rachel Kolisi.
“BREASTFEED everywhere and anywhere. Covered or uncovered,” she wrote on Instagram.
Image courtesy of Instagram/ @ Zikhona Sodlaka


