Actor Thabiso Mokhethi was once one of the most adored actors on the SABC soapie, Generations. His career as an actor spans for about 18 years and has played in some of the prominent TV shows in the country. In almost two decades, he has been married, divorced and endured personal hardships such as drug addiction but he says his faith has kept him afloat. 

DRUG ADDICTION

The former Black Tax actor and founder of artist management company, Living Righteousness Entertainment, has opened up about how in the past he abused drugs, but his faith saved him. "I was once a drug addict and grace set me free from that. I was once lost in my own stresses until I was depressed, but the Lord set me from that," he says. "I was a person who didn’t live a life of truth and honesty and I was transformed into a nobleman." But he continues to say that grace saved him. "It is by grace that I am here to share my story. I know what it’s like to try to use substances and places to try and heal yourself. But those things tend to imprison us."

SPIRITUALITY

Not long ago, he found his calling as a traditional healer, but resigned from the calling after going back to church. "I trusted that God and only God was enough for me," he says. "It was a new beginning. I am grateful I chose to go back to church and say ‘Lord I have tried almost everything but there is nobody greater than you.’ I have found myself weak at times," he admits. In the past, Thabiso says he was living a life he wasn’t supposed to. "But for that moment I was enjoying it. That enjoyment was a prison," he says. 

FEARING DEATH

In 2013 Thabiso lost his mother and his younger brother in a car accident. They were hit by another car and died on the spot. His father passed at 41 years old in 1999. He feared, like his father, he wouldn’t make it past 41 years old. The year 2014 he describes as one of the worst years of his life when he started being physically abusive towards his ex-wife. But he quickly sought help through therapy and turned to the church. With depression, drug abuse and becoming a sangoma, Thabiso took time out from the spotlight to deal with grief after losing his parents, siblings and his marriage. He moved to Bloemfontein and spent time working on his NPO, which he named after his mother and brother Tshepo Ya Xoli. He looks back at how he has lived this far. "I have survived a lot of things through the grace of the Lord... From the prison to the pulpit," he concludes.