Let's honour our artists while they are still alive

17 Dec 2023

Vicky Abraham

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While Americans honour their artists when they are still alive, South Africa seems to only honour ours when they are dead.

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This has always been my cry when listening to hours or days of airplay on TV and radio, dedicated to honouring departed musicians. This includes Zahara’s music that has been continually played all over radio and TV stations since Monday, when it was announced that she had lost her life, reportedly from liver disease allegedly caused by alcoholism.

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