The South African music industry suffered a huge blow yesterday when it was reported that Trompies member Emmanuel ‘Mjokes’ Matsane has passed on after a gory road accident.
The musician was part of the five-member Kwaito group that gave South Africans back to back hits in the late 1990s and early 2000s. He was also a director of a record label called Kalawa Jazmee.
According to a statement by the record label, the musician lost his life in a car accident shortly after a performance with the group.
“It is with regret and sadness to announce that our Kalawa Jazmee co-director and the fifth member of Trompies, Emmanuel Mojalefa Matsane popularly known as Mjokes passed away in a car accident. The accident happened in the early hours of this morning after their performance with Trompies.
” All we are left with is your legacy and it shall live on! Allow us to reflect on such beautiful memories that made the world dance,” the Kalawa Jazmee statement read.
Messages of condolences have since been pouring in from all media and social media platforms to the family and loved ones of the musician after the news broke.
A member of the group Eugene Mthethwa has revealed the cause of Mjokes’ accident was drunk driving. He explained that he had reprimanded some of the drunk members the night before when they were performing in Meadowlands.
“One of the things that caused the accident is drinking and driving, I am not going to beat about the bush.
“And I was very angry yesterday when I was talking to them to say “look guys, we are performing in Meadowlands and we honour people from Meadowlands. We need to give them the best performance. We can’t be drunk. You can’t be drunk the way you are, infact you can’t be drinking this much when we are still going on stage. We always respect our fans. This is not the Trompies that I know.” I was so angry yesterday that I even left before the event closed its doors because I was so angry even after the performance.
“This thing of drinking and driving it is a problem and it has taken away one of our members,” Mthethwa said.
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Source: www.Ghgossip.com
