- ‘Idols SA’ S14 winner Yanga opens up about depression
Recently, singer Yanga Sobetwa celebrated her birthday and talked about her struggle with mental illness. Gospel singer Yanga Sobetwa opens up about her past, including “the suicidal attempts, the severe depression and anxiety, the trauma.”
She shared on Instagram that she has beaten anxiety and depression as part of The Idols SA season 14.
“It’s my 22nd birthday. It’s my ‘young adult era’ sana. Man, looking where I came from I was not supposed to make it,” Yanga said.
“The suicidal attempts, the severe depression and anxiety, the trauma. Hayi truly it’s only by God grace shame,” she added.
The gospel singer also mentioned that she will be going on tour soon.
“Y’all know I have a recording on July 1 2023 so my wish is for y’all to buy your tickets and help me live my purpose.”
In 2018, when Yanga was just 16 years old and in grade 11, she won Idols SA.
She denounced claims that she was despondent and regretted taking a vacation from matric in the year that followed.
She posted on social media.
“I don’t regret taking a break from doing my matric for this year. The worst part about this story is they called me and the lady I spoke to seemed very understanding and warm at heart, kanti. I never said I did.”
Additionally, she stated that she was about to take exams in June and December 2020.
“I tried doing matric full time the first six months this year, my fellow Rhodians are my witnesses. I missed a lot of classes because I was working on my album, and I was travelling a lot, therefore I could only manage to prepare for exams assignments and class tests played a huge role but I couldn’t do them. It was a very difficult decision, shame. For me, I felt like I failed whereas I did not. I just needed more time than normal full-time students. That’s why I’ll be writing four subjects in June next year and the other three in December.”