South Africans have taken to social media to pay tribute to ‘Loliwe’ singer Zahara who passed away on Monday evening at 36 years
Minister of Sport, Arts & Culture Zizi Kodwa confirmed that award-winning musician Zahara passed away on Monday evening, 11 December at the age of 36 in a Johannesburg hospital.
Sources close to the “Loliwe” hitmaker revealed to Zimoja that she was admitted with liver complications after complaining of stomach pains
She was taken to hospital after celebrating her birthday on the 9th of November, soon after her fiancé, Mpho Xaba paid lobola for her.
It is reported she was admitted when her stomach pains persisted, she spent about two weeks in the medical ward before she was transferred to the ICU where doctors discovered her liver was damaged.
The singer slipped into a coma after her lungs collapsed and her kidneys were reportedly affected too. The multi-award-winning musician is survived by her mother and siblings and her husband, Xaba
According to the source, the family member suspects someone close to Zahara, real name Bulelwa Mkutukana, poured muthi into her drink.
According to Zimoja, Xaba had sent a lobola delegation to the Mkutukana household to ask for Zahara’s hand in marriage. But two days after lobola was paid, she was rushed to the private hospital in northern Jozi, where she was admitted to a medical ward. Two weeks later, she was transferred to the ICU when doctors realised her condition was deteriorating.
The source said to Zimoja, “What is surprising is that when Zahara celebrated her 36th birthday on November 9, she was as strong as an ox. She didn’t show signs of being sick.” But now the Loliwe hitmaker is in a coma, fighting for her life.
But the source said when they think back, they realise that someone might have had a hand in derailing Zahara from being Mrs Xaba.
“The lobola negotiations went well during the visit by the Xaba delegation. The family representing the Mkutukanas was happy that Zahara would finally get married to someone she loved dearly. But someone interfered with the whole process by bewitching her,” the source says.
“A relative must have gotten pissed off when they heard that the Xaba family were coming back to pay the outstanding amount of lobola. We suspect that Zahara was either poisoned or muthi was put into her drink,” the concerned source says a relative of Zahara told her.
According to a source, Xaba is concerned that some people think he wants to marry Zahara because of her money.