At the height of her journalism career, more than one million households across the country knew her name and her face. Her reportage on human suffering and triumph captivated viewers. Yet Govender, a champion for society's downtrodden, was hiding a shocking story of her own. She was a rookie reporter at the SABC in 1999. He was a popular presenter at a radio station. They were the perfect pair, or so it seemed. Behind closed doors the bruising punches, the cracking slaps and the beatings, kicking, and strangling were as ferocious as the emotional and verbal abuse he hurled at her. No one knew the brutal and graphic details of Govender's abuse ... until now. In this memoir, Govender breaks the ranks of a close-knit, conservative community to speak out about her five-year-long hell in an abusive relationship. Govender tells a graphic story of extreme abuse, living with the pain and how she was saved by her own relentless fighting spirit.

The author breaks rank and reveals the graphic details of her former abusive relationship with a well-known radio disc jockey;Govender lifts the lid on women abuse in the Indian community and why it continues to be an under-reported crime. She also highlights issues of childhood bullying and discrimination

About the Author
Vanessa Govender is a former award-winning television news journalist. She started her journalism career as a radio news reporter and news reader at the SABC's Lotus FM, before she was recruited to join eTV's Prime Time News team in Johannesburg. Vanessa is now a full-time mom and the author of the children's book The Selfish Shongololo.


Book Information
ISBN 9781431426799
Author Vanessa Govender
Format Paperback
Page Count 206
Imprint Jacana Media
Publisher Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Weight(grams) 500g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 155mm * 15mm