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VETERAN JAZZ MUSICIAN DOROTHY MASUKA HAS DIED!

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Legendary musician Dorothy Masuka.
Legendary musician Dorothy Masuka.

Jazz veteran jazz musician Dorothy Masuka has died at the age of 83.

Minister Nathi Mthethwa confirmed on Twitter that the veteran had passed on, on Saturday night.

She was born in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe – she is the fourth of seven children, and her mother was Zulu while her father was a Zambian hotel chef.

Her family moved to South Africa when she was 12 due to her health, by the time she was 19 she was touring in South Africa with singers she had admired as a girl.

Masuka's music was popular in South Africa throughout the 1950s, but when her songs became more serious, the government began questioning her.

Her song "Dr. Malan," mentioning difficult laws, she was banned and in 1961 she sang a song for Patrice Lumumba, which led to her exile.

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