Popular South African musician is dead

Popular South African award-winning musician, Mandela Maphumulo, better known as Mampintsha, has been confirmed dead.

Earlier this week, reports made the rounds that the 40-year-old singer had suffered a stroke after returning from a performance with Big Nuz.

Naija News reports that Maphumulo’s record label Afrotainment in a statement disclosed that the singer died in a Durban hospital on Saturday morning, December 24, 2022.

The statement further disclosed that the family will give details of the burial in due course and urged the general public to respect their privacy during this difficult time.