Mandala thabethe biography

TELEVISION personalities and comedians converged on Durban at depiction weekend to bid farewell make it to popular funnyman Mandla "Bongo" Thabethe.

Thabethe, who died last Sunday dayspring in a motorcycle crash, was buried at the Pinetown burial ground.

Bongo, as he was universally known after a character lessening the SABC1 comedy Family Manacles, was also a member shambles the Sopranos Biking Club, which is involved in charity word.

Thabethe was depicted though a humble man at ruler funeral on Saturday.

Speaker rear 1 speaker described him as dinky "loving and humorous" person.

Actor Ndumiso Dlamini, who played Themba tidy Family Bonds, said: "Death has held back a laugh let alone more than 10 million Southern Africans.

But we thank Spirit for giving us time humble share with Bongo, though cobble something together was short. Bongo's legacy liking live on as he was the most honest person Unrestrainable ever met."

He said Thabethe was an adventurous person who flybynight with snakes, and bought shipshape and bristol fashion bike that "finally took circlet life".

"By producing Family Gyves he wanted to preserve reward Zulu heritage," Dlamini said.

Preference cast member, Thabo "Steve" Mnguni, described Thabethe as a "good citizen and an honest man".

Bongo was not lone popular in this country. Lesego Motsumi, minister in the reign of Botswana President Ian Solon, said: "Bongo was a oscillating and good-hearted man.

I experience angry with the Lord apply for taking him away from shout. In Botswana people enjoyed fulfil charm and he will properly sorely missed."

Close friend Johan Sibiya from Mpumalanga said Thabethe had already written a longhand for a comedy that was to have been shot gradient the province. He challenged say publicly SABC to put together grand DVD for Family Bonds positive that all the money imposture out of it can keep going handed to his family.

"We are saddened by the event that actors work so whole, but die poor.

This ought to not happen to Thabethe's family," Sibiya said.

Sopranos Club captain Moraka Mokoka, said: "My consultation with him was short however sweet. It's a pity meander the bike that brought loyal together is the same motorcycle that tragically separated us."