Johannesburg — Abalandeli basabalele ezinkundleni zokuxhumana ukukhumbula inkakha yomculi we-jazz uRay Phiri, kulandela ukuvela kwezindaba zokudlula kwakhe emhlabeni ngoLwesithathu.
UPhiri, obeleminyaka engu-70 ubudala, ubehlaselwe yimvukuzane yamaphaphu kanti ubesanda kungeniswa esibhedlela esiseNelspruit njengoba kugcine kumenele.
Abantu abanengi bazwakalise ukuthi uPhiri ubelapha ngomculo wakhe aphinde akhuthaze abasuke sebephelelwe yithemba.
Omunye umlandeli ubhale wathi: “Uwile umuthi omkhulu.”