President Thabo Mbeki on Tuesday expressed his condolences to the family of singer Lebo Mathosa following her death in a car accident.
”Mathosa’s … death constitutes a profound loss to the entire nation as she was one of the pathfinders of post-apartheid cultural expression,” the Presidency said in a statement.
Mbeki said Mathosa’s work was an example of how young people should contribute to South Africa’s development.
The African National Congress’s head of the Presidency, Smuts Ngonyama, and the party’s women’s league also added their voices to Mbeki’s.
”Her sweet, melodic voice will forever be missed. We are extremely saddened by the fact that Mathosa’s death follows that of other well-known musicians, such as Brenda Fassie, Tsakani Mhinga and Tebogo Madingoane, just to name a few,” said Ngonyama.
The women’s league said in a statement: ”She was a young talented woman with so much to give and live for. Unfortunately death has robbed us of that.” — Sapa