Mandla “Mampintsha” Maphumulo, a member of the popular Gqom band Big Nuz, will be laid to rest in Durban on Friday.In the morning, his family, friends, and fans will gather at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli ICC in Durban for a funeral procession. From there, they will go to the cemetery. Maphumulo, who was also called Shimora by his fans, died in the hospital on Saturday morning. He had had a small stroke two weeks before.
Mampintsha, a member of Big Nuz, has died. At a memorial service on Thursday morning at the eThekwini Community Church, fans of his band Big Nuz will say goodbye to him. Zanele, who speaks for the Maphumulo family, said that Bongekile Simelane, better known as Babes Wodumo, his musician wife, found it hard to deal with his death. At the time, Zanele said: As I’ve said before, it’s not easy to lose someone you care about.
She hasn’t been okay for the past two days, but we believe in God as a family. We pray for everything, and the prayers of both her families, the Simelanes and the Maphumulos, have helped her and kept her going. A week after he played with his band, the late musician had a stroke and had to go to the hospital.Maphumulo and Babes Wodumo had their first child in July 2021. Read about Mampintsha’s top five hit songs to remember. He was also on the couple’s hit reality show, Uthando Lodumo, which is in its second season and airs on Showmax.
On Saturday, when people heard that Maphumulo had died, they posted messages of sympathy and shock with the hashtag #RIPShimora.In 2002, Maphumlo became known because of his band, Big Nuz. He, the late R Mashesha, and Danger were all in the band, which was signed to Gallo Records. Big Nuz started a new era of gqom music when he released hits like “Umlilo,” “Tsege Tsege,” and “Ngeke.”
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