Overview
- Her family said the 50-year-old died Tuesday at Johannesburg’s Milpark Hospital from heart failure.
- The Gauteng Provincial Government offered condolences Thursday, calling her a champion of the arts who lifted others’ careers.
- In the late 1990s she co-founded Black Rage Productions and Outrageous Records, early platforms for urban youth culture that helped launch artists such as ProVerb and Reason.
- She later ran a namesake PR firm with clients including Thandiswa Mazwai, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Sjava, and she built an Africa-inspired footwear and accessories label.
- Tributes from artists, media figures and fans poured in on social media, and her family asked for privacy as memorial and funeral details are arranged.