Daily Sun (April 15 2014) - ONLY hours before taking to the stage, Zahara received a devastating message. Her brother and his friend had been found dead in the bushes. THEY HAD BEEN BRUTALLY MURDERED.
At about 3pm on Sunday afternoon, Zahara received a message telling her to rush home to Phumlani Village, near East London, immediately.
"I was preparing for my 7pm gig in Ekurhuleni," said Zahara, South Africa's famous singer and songwriter.
"My helper told me Mbuyiseli had been shot so I should rush home. I phoned my manager and cancelled everything and took a flight at 6.45pm to East London."
When she got home, she heard that her brother Mbuyiseli Mkutukana (25), and his friend Thanduxolo Zumani (36) had been shot.
Thanduxolo's wife Malime Veniwe (26) told Daily Sun her husband spoke to Mbuyiseli on the phone that Sunday morning.