On Thursday, 29 December 2022, a memorial ceremony is being held at Bishop Vusi Dube’s eThekwini Community Church in the Durban CBD in honor of the late award-winning musician Mandla Maphumulo, also known as Mampintsha.

Mandla “Mampintsha” Maphumulo, a member of the popular Gqom band Big Nuz, will be put to rest in Durban on Friday.

 

 

 

 

Before leaving for the burial, his loved ones will assemble for a funeral procession at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC in Durban.

After having a mild stroke two weeks ago, Maphumulo, popularly known to his followers as Shimora, passed suddenly early on Saturday morning in a hospital.

At a memorial service that will be conducted at the eThekwini Community Church on Thursday morning, Big Nuz fans will wish him farewell.

According to a representative for the Maphumulo family named Zanele, his musician wife Bongekile Simelane, well known as Babes Wodumo, had trouble accepting his passing.

At the time, Zanele stated: The late musician was hospitalized after having a stroke one week following a concert with his band.

One kid was born to Maphumulo and Babes Wodumo in July 2021.

He also appeared on the couple’s popular reality series Uthando Lodumo, which is presently airing on Showmax and in its second season.

On Saturday, after learning of Maphumulo’s passing, condolences flooded social media, and followers used the hashtag #RIPShimora to express their shock.

With his band Big Nuz, Maphumlo made his public debut in 2002. He was a member of the band with Danger, the late R Mashesha, and Gallo Records.

Big Nuz introduced popular songs like umlilo, tsege tsege, and ngeke, ushering in a new age of gqom music.