On the wake of today’s day the popular South African television reality series family, The Ranakas woke up to the sad passing of one of their own.

This morning we woke up to the news about the sudden passing of the family’s cousin, Kagiso Ranaka. Manaka who was shattered about her cousin’s passing revealed the news through social media.

The actress wrote on her post that she still cannot believe that her cousin had passed on, and sent message saying her goodbye.

Kagiso was at the tender age of 34-years and was born on the 5th of September 1984 and passed away on May 2021. Manaka Ranaka did not disclose the cause of her cousin’s death.

Some celebraties also took to Twitter to offer messages of comfort to there colleague and also to the Ranaka family for their loss.

The family is notoriously known for their reality television series called The Ranakas. The show just wrapped up its 4th season about a month ago, which was received well by the masses.

According to a report by entertainment commentator Phil Mphela, the reality series was the most watched on DStv. Mphela said that the show was rated number 1 reality show.

The show managed to pull a crowd of 613 000 to view the on April making it the 10th most watched programme on DStv and the leading reality show across the platform.

One of the show’s cast members, Manaka Ranaka announced on social media that she had given birth to healty baby boy. The introduction post was filled with joy and sarcasm.

The actress kept her pregnancy under wraps through most of last year. She first confirmed the news to a newspaper publication.
On the wake of today’s day the popular South African television reality series family, The Ranakas woke up to the sad passing of one of their own.