Gauteng MEC for Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation (SACR), Faith Mazibuko, has added her voice, mourning the passing of veteran actor and director Nyembezi Kunene. The former Generations and Emzini Wezinsizwa actor passed away on Saturday night after a long battle with illness.
“This is the final curtain call, after decades spent entertaining South African audiences. The industry has lost a soldier who contributed so much in this industry. In Kunene we’ve lost one of our greatest assets, a symbol of our indigenous knowledge and culture.
We hope upcoming actors can follow on his footsteps and resemble the good work done by this soldier. We hope iShashalazi Theatre, which is a SACR departmental programme targeting community theatre, will help us produce more talented and committed actors who will continue to tell our stories told by the likes of Kunene and those who went before him”.
“On behalf of the Gauteng provincial government and its people, we’d like to express our sincerest sympathies to the family, the performing arts industry and loved ones. May his soul rest in peace and his legacy continue to be an inspiration for the nation” said MEC Mazibuko.
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