Johannesburg – Mawakin Afropop kuma ‘yar wasan kwaikwayo Winnie Khumalo ta rasu a ranar Talata bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya. Ta kasance tana da shekaru 51.
Khumalo ta rasu a gidanta da safiyar yau, kuma danginta sun nemi a ba su zaman kansu a wannan lokacin bakin ciki. A watan Nuwamba 2024, an kwantar da ita a asibiti a Johannesburg bayan ta fuskantar matsalar numfashi, inda aka gano cewa tana da ciwon asma—wanda ba ta san kanta da shi ba har zuwa lokacin.
Ta bayyana wa ‘yan jarida cewa, “Ban san cewa ina da asma ba har sai na fara samun matsalar numfashi. Na yi mamaki. Ban taba jin wanda aka gano masa asma a wannan shekarun ba. Amma likitoci sun ce har yanzu ba a cikin matakin farko ba ne. Sun ce in kula da lafiyata da kyau.”
Duk da wannan, da kuma ganewar asali na ciwon sukari, Khumalo ta ci gaba da kula da matsalolin lafiyarta. A shekarar 2017, ta fuskanci wata babbar matsalar lafiya, inda ta zama mai amfani da keken hannu na wucin gadi bayan tiyatar baya da kuma ciwon kumburi. Duk da haka, ta ci gaba da nuna karfin gwiwa da bege.
Aikin fasahar Khumalo ya fara ne tun tana da shekaru 15, inda ta fito da kundin wakokinta na farko mai suna Hey Laitie, Tshina Tshina, wanda Sello Chicco Twala ya shirya. Ta kuma fito da wani kundi a shekarun 1980 mai suna Dlamini. A shekarun 1990, ta shiga cikin wakokin addini tare da kundin Izono Zami, wanda Pastor Langa Dube ya shirya.
Dan asalin Soweto, Khumalo ta samu shahara a farkon aikinta a matsayin mawaƙiyar goyon baya ga mawaƙiyar Brenda Fassie—wani matsayi da ta yi fice a cikin aikinta. Ta yi aiki tare da manyan mawakan Afirka ta Kudu, ciki har da Pure Magic, Sipho Mbele, Brothers of Peace (B.O.P.), Bongo Maffin, Zonke Dikana, da DJ Cleo, inda ta bar tasiri mai zurfi a fagen waka.
Gudunmawar da ta bayar ga wakokin Afropop da na addini, da kuma karfin gwiwarta, sun tabbatar da cewa ta kasance daya daga cikin fitattun mawakan Afirka ta Kudu.
