NATIONAL NEWS - The family of jazz legend Hugh Masekela is on Wednesday expected to address South Africans for the first time since his death.
Tributes are continuing to pour in from across the world for the man described as the “father of South African jazz”.
Masekela's family released a statement on Tuesday confirming his death, after a decade long battle with prostate cancer.
Among those who've praised the musician is the Trevor Huddleston Centre, which is named after the man who gave Masekela his first trumpet in the 1950s.
Huddleston gave Masekela his first trumpet when he was 14. Now that he has passed away, the centre's Trish Sibbons has promised to keep his memory alive.
Masekela family to address SA
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Posted on: 07:49 Wed, 24 January 2018
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