"Fassie lived according to her own rules. That’s what made her political."
“We respect her. You check the sun, it’s blazing on that statue. You can see the light, you can see the dark. It’s like she changes with the day.”
If Twitter birthday wishes are anything to go by, Ma Brrrr remains as loved as ever.
Despite missing dates and facts in the late singer’s life, Bongani Madondo’s latest collection of essays attempts to make sense of MaBrrr’s epic life.
Mabrr died on May 9 2004, 10 years ago today. What she was and what she continues to mean is examined in I’m Not Your Weekend Special.
The inaugural Hansa Festival of Legends featured the usual highs, lows, hits and misses – but everyone was there to see Brenda Fassie’s hologram.
The South African Music Rights Organisation has denied owing the estate of pop singer Brenda Fassie any money.
Late pop diva Brenda Fassie’s funeral scheduled for Sunday has been postponed by a week, the organisers said on Wednesday. Fassie’s manager Peter Snyman said this was done to enable members of the 2010 World Cup Soccer bid, including President Thabo Mbeki, to attend the event.
President Thabo Mbeki paid a short visit to comatose pop diva Brenda Fassie at the Sunninghill Hospital north of Johannesburg on Monday night. African National Congress spokesperson Smuts Ngonyama said Mbeki sat next to Fassie’s bed for about 20 minutes. He also spoke to her family who are at the hospital and sought to comfort them.
Musician Brenda Fassie is in a stable condition in the Sunninghill hospital in Sandton, Johannesburg, her record company said on Sunday. ”Brenda Fassie’s vital signs of life to date are stable and it is necessary for us to point out that Brenda is not brain dead as it has been extensively reported,” said Leslie Sedibe, legal and business affairs director at EMI Music in a statement.