This holiday did not bring forth any celebratory feelings in him at all.

Following a period of two years during which he was unable to perform due to a pandemic, he was eager to be able to earn money and have fun with his followers.

Then, the unexpected had place; he suffered a mild stroke only a few days after his close friend and colleague musician Mampintsha was hospitalised for the same condition.

Soon after, rumours of his death began to spread around the community.

 

 

 

L’vovo Derango claims it started as a routine day. At the iNdwendwe Festival, he was scheduled to do a performance. While he was on stage, he began to feel lightheaded during the performance of his final song. In addition, the left side of his body became rigid, and he was unable to stand.

He requested for a chair, and once they provided it to him, he found that he was unable to stand up on his own. It was determined that he had suffered a mild stroke after he was transported to the hospital by emergency personnel and examined there.

Thokozane Ndlovu, better known by his stage as Bayang’sukela, states that this was the first time he had ever experienced a stroke, and before to that, he had never seen anybody else being affected by a stroke.

On the 30th of December, the day of Mampintsha’s burial, he was dismissed from the military, therefore he was unable to attend. The fact that they had been working together on his EP and that he was more than just a music colleague but also a brother and a friend shattered his heart, as he explains.