ALL roads lead to Rustenburg and Soweto this weekend to celebrate the lives of Killer Kau, Mpura, TD, The Voice and Thando Tot.
The friends and family of the late musicians are planning a trip called The Big Five Link Up, where they will be remembered.
The convoy, which will be held on Sunday, 7 August, exactly a year after they died, will be heading to the scene of the accident for a candlelight ceremony, then to Westpark Cemetry and Nasrec Memorial Park.
Later, they will have a hangout session at The Big Five Hangout.
One of the organisers, Mpho Makua, told Daily Sun that this is part of keeping their legacies alive and taking care of their families.
“We were close to the guys, to a level where we knew they were breadwinners in their homes,” he said.
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“So, we wanted to come up with something that would be a legacy, but also become a solution for the families. In most cases, when celebs die, people forget that they were heroes and role models in their own right and had responsibilities, but we haven’t,” he said.
Mpho said they also wanted to make sure that coming generations know who these musicians were, therefore, this will be an annual event.
“We want to keep their legacies alive because they are legends and they will go into the history books. So, they must be remembered, even by the generations to come,” he said.
On the day, he said people will be remembering the lost lives and it will also be an opportunity for those who couldn’t attend their funerals last year to honour them.
“We just want to refresh energies. We’ll head to the accident scene in Rustenburg, put flowers and have a praying ceremony. Then go to the graveyard, and after we’ll have a hangout session. When the funerals happened last year, not a lot of people could make it because of the Covid-19 regulations. Now, they can come,” he said.
Mpho said while this event will be free, it is a build up to a benefit concert that’ll help the families.
“We want to grow this into a benefit concert for the guys, where we host an event and use it as a financial solution and the proceeds go to the family. The families are also aware of this. They are part of a WhatsApp group and are made aware of everything,” he said.
He said there will also be a tribute T-shirt sold on Sunday.
