South Africa is mourning the passing of veteran actress, former beauty queen, and cultural icon Cynthia Philisiwe Shange, who has died at the age of 76 after a brief illness.
The news was first confirmed by her daughter, media personality Nonhle Thema, who shared the family’s grief on social media, saying: “With a heavy heart, I share the news of our Dear Mother. Please keep my family in your prayers during this difficult time.”
According to the family, Shange passed away in the early hours of yesterday, at a hospital in KwaZulu-Natal after facing illness. Shange was a defining figure in South Africa’s cultural and entertainment landscape, with a career spanning decades in modelling, television, and film, during which she established herself as one of the country’s most recognisable and…