South African kwaito artist Sandile ‘Mapaputsi’ Ngwenya has died at the age of 45.
He is said to have died in hospital on Thursday evening, following a long illness.
Mapaputsi rose to fame in 2001 with the release of his album ‘Izinja’, which was included on the soundtrack of the Grammy Award-winning film ‘Tsotsi’.
Mapaputsi’s family is yet to provide details on his funeral arrangements.
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