DEATH is very dominating this year and this month of July started on a very bad note with so many deaths taking place to the point that it is extremely difficult to comprehend with the situation of losing your loved one.
It is never easy to accept the passing of your loved one, no matter how hard you try but tears always roll on your face when you think of all the memories and time spent together, recalling all the happy moments you shared and then remembering that it will no longer happen again as the person is no more.
That is unfortunately what many people are going through now and it is very sad, we can’t even imagine the pain and sorrow they are in.
It is now the similar case with Former Generations actor, Thapelo Mokoena, who is in mourning after he lost the very important person in his life. Taking to social media, Mokoena posted an image of himself and his grandmother and paid the tribute to her with a lovely message:
“Yesterday afternoon uGogo, one of the Women who home-delivered Me to Life called it a day. 92 Years of God’s absolute Divinity & Presence. A God Force!”
He went on to add and defined the pillar of strength his grandmother was to him and how she raised him. Thapelo went on to say how grateful he is for her and all her contribution to his life, he will now ensure her legacy lives on for generations to come and that he will make sure that they know and hear about how wonderful she has been.
“We are who we are today because of Carol Fikile Msimango. You live to see, touched and pray over your great grandchildren. Thank you for the life lessons MaKhumalo. Thank you for our conversations on Saturday, I won’t forget a thing. I’ll archive your recordings, voicenotes, videos and messages for future generations.
“Strength to my family, mothers, fathers, uncles, aunts, brothers and great grandchildren. She left us with many pearls of wisdom, she taught us how to pray and call on the most high on all times, Always remember that”.
Within the period of six months, South Africa has lost about seventeen (17) celebrities who died with different cause but many of them passed away as a result of Covid 19. Since the news of the third wave was announced in South Africa, many celebrities have been infected and are very sick as they battle for their lives. Unfortunately, some even lost the fight to illness especially the one related to Covid 19.
On the first day of July, we woke up with the sad news of the passing of Legendary musician, Steve Kekane, who passed away on early hours of Thursday at the age of 63 due to Covid 19 related illness. Kekane has been a music pioneer who has been on the industry for many years as he started releasing his first album in 1973.
Unfortunately, Kekana lost his sight at the age of five (5) but he did not allow that to deter him as he fought for his success. As he grow up he studied Law at UNISA and received a LLB degree and was also honoured with an Honours in Philosophy.
Before the day ends, South Africa also learnt of another devastating news that a veteran actor, Mutodi Nesheshe has passed on in the evening of Thursday around half past seven as he was also sick.
Nesheshe use to play the role of Ndalamo Mukwevho on Muvhango in the mid 2000 and also played the character of Zola Radebe on Generation’s the Legacy for a brief moment. His passing shocked many people in South Africa.