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Iyasa founding member to be buried on Friday

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IYASA founder member Emmanuel Dlamini-popularly known as Manu-who collapsed and died on Sunday in Johannesburg, is set to be buried tomorrow morning at his rural home in Mhondoro.

IYASA founder member Emmanuel Dlamini-popularly known as Manu-who collapsed and died on Sunday in Johannesburg, is set to be buried tomorrow morning at his rural home in Mhondoro.

BY LUYANDUHLOBO MAKWATI

A friend to the deceased, Prince Makombe, said burial arrangements were at an advanced stage.

“According to information I have received from those in South Africa, they are currently in a church service and they will leave in the evening, we expect them tomorrow [today],” he said.

Makombe said there will be a short prayer in Bulawayo before they proceed to his rural home, to allow friends and colleagues to pay their last respects.

“We will then proceed to Mhondoro, where the body will lie in state at his father’s homestead before burial on Friday morning,” he said.

Dlamini, a multi–talented artiste, joined Iyasa in 2000 when the group was still called Mpopoma High School drama club alongside Sandra Ndebele and Noma Mkhwananzi, among others.

He was part of the first group that toured Europe as Iyasa and was known for his rare talent on stage. He worked with the group for eight years before calling it quits in 2008, after suffering from migraine headaches.

He then left the country to seek greener pastures in South Africa, where he worked until his death. He is survived by his wife, Loveness and two children.