Famous South African Celebrities Who Confessed Being Drug/Alcohol Addicts

Famous South African Celebrities Who Confessed Being Drug/Alcohol Addicts: It seems that a new celebrity entering rehab for drug and alcohol addiction is a weekly headline these days. Even celebrities succumbing to their addictions and dying is certainly sad and less of a shock than it should be. Fortunately, there have been a number of famous people who have overcome their battles with addiction and not only lived to tell about it but have continued to find success and happiness in their chosen industries.

Ricky Rick

The late Mzansi rapper whose death left a wound in the heart of his fans and South Africa as a nation. Before his death, Ricky Rick admitted to being a drug addict in an interview on “The Daily Show” with Trevor Noah. He had revealed that it was hard for him to reveal this on media platforms.

Vusi Nova

Vusi Nova had admitted to using over R500k his mother had left for him and spent on drugs. He revealed this in an interview on Zaziwa with Pearl Modiadie. As of today, the celeb is doing very fine because he never let his past hunt him.

Kelly Khumalo

We can say she started doing drugs in the past due to bad influence. The famous singer confessed to being a cocaine addict back when she was with Jub Jub after he bought cocaine for her as a gift. She had also made the public known that she is clean now after attending Narcotics Anonymous.

Zahara

The South African legendary singer quite left her fans in shock after knowing her of being an alcohol addict. She has trying to stay clean after her doctors told her she could die when she had liver failure.