The year is 2011 and South Africans are dancing and singing along to music by a 24-year-old Eastern Cape-born singer and a 23-year-old Johannesburg-born rapper. These two artist would go on to become household names in their own right and win multiple awards for their chart-topping music.
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South Africans thanked Anele for defending Zahara who reportedly played her songs on air on Tuesday, 12 December.
@Deartroublegal tagged the radio personality and tweeted: “Thank you @Anele for saying it loud on air. “They took her money, but they couldn’t take away her talent”.
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The former Orlando Pirates star made a brief appearance at the Alexandra Magistrate’s Court on Monday, 11 December, after he was arrested last month allegedly smashing three cellphones and a laptop belonging to his ex-girlfriend.
He was released on R3 000 bail.
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Zahara’s tragic and untimely passing marks another dark day in the South African entertainment industry. It’s also a reminder of all the beautiful, talented female artists whose lights were prematurely snuffed out.
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The South African President Cyril Ramaphosa had blows coming in from all angles on social media after he posted his tribute for the award-winning South African Afro-pop star, Zahara – real name Bulelwa Mkutukana who died on Monday, 11 December – social media users came in guns glazing in the comment section, criticising the President’s tribute and demanded him to do more.
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“We’ve been robbed of a great talent,” President Cyril Ramaphosa told the media on Tuesday after the announcement of the death of South African songbird, Zahara.
“She was talented. She was vibrant. She was a wonderful composer,” added the president.
The message was shared on the president’s official X account with the caption: “Zahara’s passing is unfortunate. We have been robbed of a great talent. She’s one of the best we have produced in the arts and I am deeply saddened by her passing.”
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