Singer Winnie Khumalo dies at the age of 51
South African actress and singer Winnie Khumalo has died at the age of 51, at her home after a short illness on Tuesday. According to Sunday World, Media personality Sabelo “Ntombeningi” Sithole was one of the first few people to be contacted by Rethabile Khumalo, Winnie’s daughter.
“I was contacted by Rethabile, and I could hear from her voice that she was not okay. She asked me to rush to her mother’s house because Winnie was not moving,” Sithole told the publication.
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“I rushed there and unfortunately it was too late. I am distraught and I have lost a friend but I knew she was not fine. But I did not know she would come to this,” he said.

In November 2024, Khumalo was briefly admitted into a Johannesburg hospital after suffering from shortness of breath. She later learnt it was asthma. She said she was unaware that she suffered from asthma until an attack.
WINNIE KHUMALO HAS DIED FOLLOWING A SHORT ILLNESS AT HOME
Khumalo first rose to fame as a teenager, having been introduced to the music industry by the late Brenda Fassie.
The Soweto-born singer worked for Fassie as a backing singer. At the age of 15, she released the album Hey Laitie, Tshina Tshina [produced by Sello Chicco Twala].