CAUSE OF DEATH:South African music artist Zahara has passed away

Sad news confirmed, Multi-award-winning musician Bulelwa Mkutukana popular known as Zahara has sadly passed away on Monday 11th December 2023.

According to the source, the 36 year old singer was hospitalized early last week due to the liver complication and it’s reported that the Loliwe hitmaker was poisoned by a family member just days after or during her lobola negotiations.

According to reports, a close family member opened up about what may have led to the singer’s health complications. The death of Zahara shocked many.

Condolences to her family and loved ones, may her soul rest in perfect peace…

CAUSE OF DEATH: LIVER INFECTION

“We suspect someone poured muthi in her drink”

According to the source, the family member suspects someone close to Zahara, real name Bulelwa Mkutukana, poured muthi in her drink.

According to Zimoja, Xaba had sent a lobola delegation to the Mkutukana household to ask for Zahara’s hand in marriage. But two days after lobola was paid, she was rushed to the private hospital in northern Jozi, where she was admitted to a medical ward. Two weeks later, she was transferred to the ICU when doctors realised her condition was deteriorating.

The source said to Zimoja, “What is surprising is that when Zahara celebrated her 36th birthday on November 9, she was as strong as an ox. She didn’t show of signs of being sick.” But now the Loliwe hitmaker is in a coma, fighting for her life.

But the source said when they think back, they realise that someone might have had a hand in derailing Zahara from being Mrs Xaba.

“The lobola negotiations went well during the visit by the Xaba delegation. The family representing the Mkutukanas was happy that Zahara would finally get married to someone she loves dearly. But someone interfered with the whole process by bewitching her,” the source says.

“A relative must have gotten pissed off when they heard that the Xaba family were coming back to pay the outstanding amount of lobola. We suspect that Zahara was either poisoned or muthi was put into her drink ,” the concerned source says a relative of Zahara told her.

According to a source, Xaba is concerned that some people think he wants to marry Zahara because of her money.

ZARAHA BIOGRAPHY

Bulelwa Mkutukana (born 9 November 1988), best known by her stage name Zahara, is a South African singer and songwriter. She started singing in her school’s choir when she was six years old, and at the age of nine she was told to join the senior choir because of her strong voice.

Bulelwa Mkutukana (born 9 November 1988), best known by her stage name Zahara, is a South African singer and songwriter. She started singing in her school’s choir when she was six years old, and at the age of nine she was told to join the senior choir because of her strong voice.

Her music is classified loosely as “Afrosoul” and she sings in her native language, Xhosa, as well as in English. Her music has been described as a mixture of styles that have been popularized by Tracy Chapman and India.Arie.

Zahara started her career busking on the streets of East London. She was spotted by TK Nciza of TS Records, who signed her to his label.

Zahara’s debut album Loliwe was released in 2011. The first issue sold out within 72 hours, and 19 days later, the album reached double platinum status in South Africa by surpassing the 100,000 sales mark. This made her the second musician after Brenda Fassie, who was also a Xhosa native, to reach this figure in such record time. Zahara released her first live DVD which featured X-Factor USA contestant LeRoy Bell. The DVD reached platinum (according to the standards set by the Recording Industry of South Africa) in one day.

In 2017, Zahara signed with Warner Music South Africa and released Mgodi, her fourth studio album. The album went gold after only six hours.