South Africans React to the Tragic News That Noxolo Mashaqalala Has Passed Away

South Africans React to the Tragic News That Noxolo Mashaqalala Has Passed Away

- Noxolo Mashaqalala has passed away, she was 44-year-old

- She was discovered in her home in Honeydew, north of Johannesburg on Friday

- South Africans reacted to the tragic news of her passing

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South Africans have lost another famous personality. Noxolo Mashaqalala was found in her home, it is suspected that she passed away a week before she was discovered in her home in Honeydew, north of Johannesburg on Friday.

She was known for her role in the SABC 1 drama Tsha-Tsha in 2003 in which she played the role of Viwe.

Mashaqalala had also starred in Rhythm City, Generations and Intersexions. What made the tragic news worse is that South Africans woke up to the news that Menzi Ngubane had also passed away.

South Africans react to the tragic news that Noxolo Mashaqalala has passed away
Noxolo Maqashalala tragically passed away at the age of 44. Photo credit: Ms Kulie
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She was 44-years-old. South African social media users have taken to the internet to react to the shocking news:

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@Yhu_Abelungu:

"Noxolo Mashaqalala has been dead for a week when she was found by someone who was dropping off something at her place. An entire week and no one noticed her absence!"

@FZintle:

"This is so heartbreaking #NoxoloMashaqalala a lady that told me I was beautiful at a local beauty pageant Miss OR Tambo 2011 boosting my confidence as a young girl❤."

@NgalekaTerror:

"Hopefully Eastern Cape Premier Oscar Lubabalo Mabuyane will visit the family of Noxolo Mashaqalala as he did to the Zahara family."

Earlier, Briefly.co.za reported that Zahara has once again been struck by tragedy as her sister, Nomonde Mtukwana, passed away in a car crash on Saturday, 6 March 2021.

She posted a moving tribute to her sister in a Twitter post. Mtukwana was also a musician and part of the Mkutukana Sisters band.

The two were very close and Zahara had often said that her sister was her inspiration.

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In other news, Zahara recently took to social media to share that she has lost another loved one. The award-winning songstress had buried her big brother just a few weeks ago.

The heartbroken star took to Instagram again to open up about losing people that are close to her "left and centre". The Loliwe hitmaker did not mention who the loved one was when she posted about the sad news. She only shared a pic of herself, which had a few crying emojis and a photo of two ladies singing. She captioned her post:

"Hamba kahle qhawekazi amandla ngawakho (Farewell heroine, power to you). Okay God me and you now, what’s wrong so we can say sorry. I’m losing people right and centre."

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Stefan Mack (Editor) Stefan Mack is an English and history teacher who has broadened his horizons with journalism. He enjoys experiencing the human condition through the world's media. Stefan keeps Briefly News' readers entertained during the weekend. He graduated from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in 2010 with a Bachelor of Education (BEd), majoring in History and English. Stefan has been writing for Briefly News for a number of years and has covered mainstream to human interest articles.