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– Thoko Thomo aka “Shukuma Thoko,”
A Common Hunger to Sing
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Thokozile Elizabeth Ndlozi has been silent for too long. But like her 1950s namesake Thoko Thomo, the speedball inferno from George Goch known for her high-octave package – she sang, acted, danced, pouted, and teased audiences and fellow collaborators with peerless brio – before being effectively “disappeared” from public memory prior to her actual death in 1995, Thoko Ndlozi, who died on 14 January at 74, just won’t die.
Not dying – as opposed to being dead and famous, or alive and unseen, unfelt, unheard and unrecognised – is a remarkable feat on its own.
Colleagues pay tribute to Sibongile Quincy Mahlangu Sibongile Khumalo will be buried on 6 February. Photo by Gallo Images/ Oupa Bopape .
AS TRIBUTES continue to pour in for jazz and opera singer Sibongile Khumalo, it’s clear she inspired many musicians and artists throughout Mzansi.
The death of the 63-year-old singer was confirmed on Thursday by family spokesman Bandile Mngoma, who said the iconic artist succumbed to a stroke after a lengthy period of illness.
“We are broken by her passing,” Bandile told
Daily Sun. All we can do now is to celebrate her life.”
He said she was someone who loved peace and calm.
28 January 2021 - 19:22 Tributes to Sibongile Khumalo have flooded social media. Image: REUTERS/Mike Hutchings mh/
Veteran musician Marah Louw has been left devastated by the death of jazz icon Sibongile Khumalo (63), hailing her as one of the greatest talents to come out of SA.
News of the jazz icon s death broke on Thursday evening, with condolence messages and tributes flooding social media.
The star s family confirmed that she had died of stroke related complications.
Marah told TshisaLIVE she heard about Sibongile s passing from a group she shared with the star and other musicians from the 1970s.
“I thought why is this happening? I was just shocked. It is difficult when you hear such news. Even words of condolences don t seem to have meaning any more. It is just shock. When ever you hear the phone ring, you fear the worst,” she said.