The South African film and TV production industry will no longer be the same since the Gaborone born mogul passed away due to Covid-19 related complications on the 30th of July 2021 and he was laid to rest on the 4th of August 2021 during a private funeral.

In an attempt to fight against the Coronavirus, he was initially admitted at the Pinehaven Hospital where he was later admitted at the Milpark Hospital after he was diagnosed with the Covid-19 on the 26th of June and spent two weeks in ICU, but he unfortunately his health condition started deteriorating on the 16th of July and he unfortunately succumbed on the 30th.

After marrying the love of his life Connie in 2001, he moved to South Africa full time, they started their own film and production company called Ferguson Films, he is survived by his wife and two daughters Lesedi and Alicia, he also had a grandson Ronewa.

Amongs the mourners, his family, daughters and grandson paid a touching tributes to the the man who has always been there for them

The eight year old Ronewa said Shona was more thana a grandfather to him and he always called him King.

“My grandpa was very much more than my grandla, he already gave me whatever I want whenever, he used to call me call me King, now that he is in heaven, no one will call me king, let him rest in peace,” he said.

Alicia, the last born said she had what she calls a ‘weird’ relationship because they were alike in many ways.

“My father and I had a weird relationship, I think it was because we were so alike in terms of characters, we look alike. My dad, he has motivated to take steps by myself I wouldn’t have taken and I am very thankful that he has enabled me to do that.

“I will never forget whenever I had a performance of competition, I would always stress, all he said was, agh you gonna kill it. He made me a promise that he will always be by my side, wherever he is wherever I am,” she said.

Lesedi who is not Shlna’s biological daughter said she met him when she was only eight years old and have felt loved ever since, she added that her mother’s happiness mad Shona her dad.

 

 

 

 

 

“On the 31 of July 2001 I met this man, I was a very tiny girl, 8 year old girl, that man made my mom very happy in many ways and he became my dad. You would always know when dad was around, you could hear him or smell him, he smelled good, you could smell him down the passage, and whenever you smell him, you know love will come after.

“This fight that he fought so hard for, its a painful one to digest, the only thing all of us can take is the lesson that we learnt from this,” she said.