Menzi Ngucubane’s wife, Sikelelwa “Sikie” Ngubane opens up about her struggles which she faced two years after the actor’s death.
According to ZiMoja the wife revealed to the publication that, the first year after his death, the family tried to protect his legacy by doing a documentary about his life.
“South Africa is notorious for not giving props while people are still alive, we do it when they pass. For my sanity and the family as a whole, we need to make sure that he is not forgotten. He loved and respected his craft. I would love upcoming artists to learn from him, support or no support, we shall continue,” she told the publication.
Two years after the passing of the legendary actor, Sikie is still yet to come to terms with living without her husband and says that the pain is only hitting her now.
“This year is hitting me hard because I think last year was busy with unveilings and documentaries,” she says.
“It’s only now that I realise that my husband has passed. I thought I had dealt with it. I mourned him for the whole year and then prepared to remove the mourning clothes and worked on the unveiling with his father and work on the doccie. I thought I was okay. This year, everything is calm, and I realise that I am not okay, at all.”
The widow says she is emotionally down and keeps her phone off most times, but she keeps it on for her kids.
“I am not coming to terms with it at all,” she told the publication.
She doesn’t want her kids to see her down.
“I don’t want them to see me in this state. I will never understand. I still question God as to why.”
The veteran actor died from a stroke on 13 March 2021, aged 56 and three days after his death, his 90-year-old father Ndodeni Ngubane also died. They were both buried together, their funeral took place at their home in Ladysmith.
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