OBITUARY | Mbongeni Ngema: The good, bad and ugly of SA's ...

29 Dec 2023

Keitumetse Maako

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Mbongeni Ngema

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Following the death of iconic playwright and musician Mbongeni Ngema, News24 takes a closer look at the life of South Africa's theatre maestro.

South Africans were still coming to terms with the death of multi-award-winning singer and songwriter Bulelwa "Zahara" Mkutukana when news broke on Wednesday evening internationally acclaimed Sarafina! creator Mbongeni Ngema had died.

Ngema died in a head-on collision in Lusikisiki, the Eastern Cape, returning from the funeral of Sheila Paris, his brother, Nhlanhla, said in an early morning interview with eNCA on Thursday.

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