Mystery of Tanzania artiste's death in SA
TWO SAME PICTURES OF LATE ARTIST ALBERT MANGWEA
Confusion reigns over the death of Tanzania's Bongo Flava artiste Albert Mangwea in South Africa.
Reports that could not be independently confirmed,
and which were circulating on social media networks and FM Radio
stations on Wednesday, cited drug overdose and excessive alcohol as
possible causes of the death of Mangwea and hospitalization of
compatriot Pembe Mgaza Pembe in South Africa.
A post mortem report was posted on social media
networks alleged that Mangwea, popularly known as Ngwair, died on
Tuesday from alcohol toxicity after a drinking binge, drugs overdose and
exhaustion.
Efforts by The Citizen to confirm the authenticity of the post Morten report proved futile.
Reports said Mr Mangwea was admitted to St Helen in Johannesburg after failing to wake up on Wednesday morning.
But The Citizen searches of Johannesburg hospitals and clinics did not return that name.
There is a facility called Helen Joseph Hospital
but when called, the staff there repeatedly said that they did not have
any patient by the name of Albert Mangwea.
The hospital, however, admitted having a patient called Mgaza Pembe at their intensive care unit.
"We cannot give you further details unless you,
physically, come to the hospital,” the receptionist at the admissions
unit of Helen Joseph Hospital, who declined to give his name, told The Citizen.
Another hospital with a name close to the above,
St Helena Hospital, is located in Welkom, Free State, in the outer
skirts of Johannesburg.
Officials at hospital also said they had not admitted a patient called Albert Mangwea.
A relative of Mangwea, Mr Liloti Mangwea, also told The Citizen in Dar es Salaam that the family had not yet received the said post mortem report.
According to reports from FM radio stations,
Pembe, also popularly known as M to the P was still in the ICU but was
slowly responding to treatment.
Mangwea and Pembe traveled together to South Africa on March 26.
Mr Mangwea was born in November 1982 in the
Southern highlands of Tanzania, Mbeya region. He started his music
career in 2000 soon after finishing high school
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