Gone too soon: all we know on the triple celebrity deaths

30 April 2018 - 09:41
By SowetanLIVE
Thobani Mseleni, Siyasanga Kobese and Akhumzi Jezile died in a car accident at the weekend.
Image: Social media Thobani Mseleni, Siyasanga Kobese and Akhumzi Jezile died in a car accident at the weekend.

News broke first that Akhumzi Jezile the better known of the trio had passed on.

Five people – including three celebrities‚actor, producer and former presenter Akhumzi Jezile, singer Siyasanga Kobese and actor Thobani Mseleni — died in the accident. This is what we know so far:

Next it was confirmed that there were two other well known personalities who perished in the accident. 

The two were then later named:

Tributes poured in for the personalities, with Siyasanga's father stating in an emotional interview that he'd meet his daughter again someday. 

Urban Brew studios took to twitter to announce the identity of the other occupant in the car, making him the fourth victim of the crash to be identified. The studios in a statement revealed that Skhumbuzo Mbuthuma, an IT Specialist was also deceased.

In the latest reports it has been revealed that Thobani Mseleni's friends found out about his demise on social media. 

And Siyasanga Kobese's father is left puzzled by the disappearance of her belongings from the scene of the crash.

Sowetan reports that Siyasanga Kobese's father managed to find some of her belongings.

Akhumzi Jezile's friends continued to send tributes.