Rape survivor Alison Botha has shared a health update, appearing happy and healthy amid her recovery from a brain aneurysm last year.
According to her family, the Port Elizabeth woman’s health setback was due to the stress of her attackers being released on parole.
In 2023, Frans du Toit and Theuns Kruger were given an early release after their 1994 attack on Alison, in which they left her for dead.
Earlier this year, their parole was revoked by the new Minister of Correctional Services, Pieter Groenewald.
ALISON BOTHA APPEARS WELL IN NEW VIDEO
In a TikTok video, Alison Botha shared an update with her followers that she was ready to return to social media.
Smiling and appearing in good health, she said, “I know I’ve been missing for a long time from social media. There are good reasons for that, and I will tell you more about them.
“But there are even more good reasons to be here now to connect you”.
@alison.botha Welcome to my page 🦋 #alisonbotha #type #southa #viral #sama28 #fyp #inspiration #survivor #ihavelife ♬ original sound – Alison Botha
Last month, the administrators behind Alison Botha’s page shared a message from the courageous woman who thanked those who financially contributed to her medical treatment following her brain aneurysm.
In the message, Alison encouraged her followers to stand firm amid life’s obstacles.
“Whatever you are going through, be short-lived, and may you take courage from the fact that it is only a ‘patch’. What is wonderful about a ‘patch’ is that you enter on one side – often unexpectedly – but if you keep going – despite the weight and depression of it – there will come a time when you miraculously exit on the other side.
“Patches always have an end – so take heart and keep moving. Joy, enthusiasm, and happiness are at the other end of the patch. For you, for me, and for everyone like us.
She continued: “You are lucky – as I am – if you have others cheering you on. And although the weight of their expectations is often heavy to carry, it is better to have someone believing in you in order to remind you to believe in yourself.
“I WILL be ok!”
🦋💌
Message from Alison 10 July 2025:
Lovely, special people.
I know that you want to know how I am, and I apologise…
Posted by Alison on Thursday 10 July 2025
ATTACKERS BACK BEHIND BARS
In March, Minister of Correctional Services Pieter Groenewald revoked the parole of Alison Botha’s attackers, Frans du Toit and Theuns Kruger.
Both individuals have been reincarcerated and will remain in custody.
The men were sentenced to life imprisonment in 1995, a year after their brutal attack.
At the time, Pretoria High Court Judge Chris Jansen, who sentenced them – said during his judgement: “I needed to make it clear they were a threat to society and should never be released.”
Images via Instagram:
@alisonthemovie
However, this was overturned when the Department of Justice and Correctional Services announced in October 2004 that all prisoners would automatically become eligible for parole after serving 25 years in prison.
Shockingly, Alison Botha’s legal advisors stated that she was not consulted in the parole process. Instead, she was notified of the men’s release via a telephone call.
The stress of the news culminated in a brain aneurysm, which she again, miraculously survived.
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