Kwaito star Mshoza, real name Nomasonto Maswanganyi (37), died on Thursday morning due to complications from diabetes.
Her manager of 11 years Thanduxolo Jindela told Sowetan she was rushed to hospital on Wednesday afternoon.
“Mshoza was hospitalised on Wednesday where she succumbed to her illness on Thursday morning”.
The 37-year-old musician first revealed that she was diabetic in. “She had been living with diabetes for a long time and she was treating it,” Jindela said.
Mshoza is survived by her two children, Pride and Jacob Jnr, as well as two sisters.
Jindela confirmed that Mshoza was not married at the time of her death. She has been married twice, first to Jacob Mnisi in 2007 and then to Thuthukani Mvula in 2017.
“As a mother she was very strict and overprotective. Sometimes I will say to her these kids just want to go swim. But she always insisted that she didn’t want to spoil her kids. Her approach to motherhood was very old school,” Jindela said.
“She was staying with her kids and they were with her until the end.”
Fame
Mshoza rose to fame as the First Lady of Kwaito with her smash hit Kortes in the early 2000s from her debut album BullDawgz First Lady. She collaborated with stars such as Mzambiya and Msawawa.
In 2016 she worked with Jindela in staging her music comeback when the single Abantu Bam was released.
“A side of Mshoza that people didn’t know is that she was always trying to teach us life lessons. Everything that she had she will share it with me and others. I used to say to her that her weakness is that she likes to share, even if it’s the last of her,” Jindela said.
Source: Sowetan
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