Tokollo 'Magesh' Tshabalala laid to rest

Friends, family, industry colleagues, and other prominent figures gathered to pay tribute to the TKZee musician, who died from an epileptic seizure on Monday.

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His bandmate Kabelo ‘Bouga Luv’ Mabalane delivered an emotional tribute to his long-time friend.

“Magesh, we changed the world; we toured the world, we got arrested we fought, we cried, we drove over 200km/h on the highway. We won big and we lost big. We’ve lived five lifetimes in the 30 years that I have known you. Rest in peace. See you when I get there.”

Zwai Bala rendered a musical tribute, singing the Frank Sinatra song ‘I did it my way’.

Tshabalala, Mabalane, and Bala rose to fame in the 1990s after forming the iconic TKZee. The group released its first album, Halloween, in 1998.

Magesh, who is also the son of Orlando Pirates Football Club director Stanley' Screamer' Tshabalala, was remembered by his sister Kutloano as a brother who was always available to his three siblings.

"You can't describe Tokollo, you just had to experience him. He was just an experience… Tokollo took his job as brother very seriously; he loved everyone and wanted everyone to feel loved."

She described her late brother as a 'character' that was weird and exciting. She said her brother was her shield.

"Standing here in front of you knowing that my shield isn't going to be here, my own piece of armour, is daunting. But I know that he's always with me."

Tshabalala will be laid to rest at the West Park cemetery.