Mbongeni Ngema has died at 68

Sikhumbuzo Moyo, [email protected]

Renowned South African musician, composer, choreographer and playwright Mbongeni Ngema has died.

The arts guru died on Wednesday evening in a head-on collision while returning from attending a funeral in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape.

Ngema was 68.

“It is with heavy hearts that we announce the sudden passing of our beloved brother, father, husband and patriot, Mbongeni Ngema. He was a passenger in the vehicle,” read the statement from his family.

In the late 2 000s Ngema collaborated with the late Zimbabwean arts icon Cont Mhlanga on a play, Mzilikazi the Musical which was meant to remake the Ndebele nation founder’s journey from South Africa up and he founded the Ndebele nation.