{"id":44067,"date":"2016-02-05T09:18:27","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T09:18:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2016\/02\/05\/phumeza-mdabe-opens-up-about-her-sons-battle-with-cancer\/"},"modified":"2016-02-05T09:18:27","modified_gmt":"2016-02-05T09:18:27","slug":"phumeza-mdabe-opens-up-about-her-sons-battle-with-cancer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2016\/02\/05\/phumeza-mdabe-opens-up-about-her-sons-battle-with-cancer\/","title":{"rendered":"Phumeza Mdabe Opens Up About Her Son&#8217;s Battle With Cancer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- .share-buttons \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"428\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/phumeza.png\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" is_main_img=\"1\"  \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Actress and TV personality Phumeza Mdabe has opened up about why she had left our screens. The working mom had taken some time to be with her son who was battling cancer.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was off-screen because I was going through some stuff with my son, who had cancer. We\u2019re better now. The main thing is that he\u2019s alive and I get to spend time with him every day- that\u2019s all that matter to me\u201d, she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" style=\"background: #FFF; border: 0; border-radius: 3px; box-shadow: 0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width: 658px; padding: 0; width: calc(100% - 2px);\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-version=\"6\">\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Phumeza updated her fans on Instagram sharing her son has now started preschool. Thank goodness the star\u2019s strong boy is recovering well.<\/p>\n<p>The actress has since returned to TV as part of the new e.tv\u2019s The Heist.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content \/--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script data-cfasync=\"false\">(function(d, s, id){\n\t\t\t\t\t  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n\t\t\t\t\t  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;\n\t\t\t\t\t  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n\t\t\t\t\t  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2\";\n\t\t\t\t\t  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n\t\t\t\t\t}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actress and TV personality Phumeza Mdabe has opened up about why she had left our screens. 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