It‘s sad that AKA is gone – DJ Zinhle

MANZINI – South African (SA) musician DJ Zinhle says it was sad losing AKA, but he left her with more people to help raise their daughter Kairo.

%orn 1tombe]inhle -iyane, is a '-, producer, media personality and a businesswoman. '- Zinhle has won numerous awards throughout her career, i n cluding seven Metro )M Music Awards, three SAMA Awards, and two African Mu]iN Maga]ine Awards A)5IMMA . She was also named one of the 7op Most Influential Women in South Africa by )orbes maga]ine in . 7his year¶s +ouse Music )est +M) washeld Man]ini &lub this past day. It featured the female came

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show saw attend to sic. Among the line up, the second danced for patrons while engaging them on the microphone. After finishing her stellar performance, she gave this publication an interview, where she opened up about losing her daughter¶s father, AKA, who was shot dead this year outside a restaurant in 'urban. 'uring the interview, she was probed about how it was liNe losing the µ/emons lemonade¶ hitmaNer, she described the tragedy as a sad one. ³I am a big believer in family you Nnow. (ven though Kiernan is gone, I do believe in family. I believe in 1adia as I believe in family. As much as Kiernan is not here but there are a whole lot of people who will help us raise Kairo. It definitely hurts that he is gone, liNe it is sad that AKA is gone but I feel liNe we should really push for family love. Kairo is fine because there is family, I don¶t feel liNe we should be sadder.

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³7he whole thing of me being a single mother is Must a tidal but in reality there is 7ony AKA¶s father , Stephen AKA¶s younger brother , 1adia, there¶s a lot of family that taNes care of us, so I thinN we will be fine. If everyone can get to that mentality of family should always get along for the saNe of the children, everything would be fine,” Zinhle said. Overall, the musician said coming to (swatini was good as it had been a while since she visited the country. ³&oming to the show was really cool, I¶ve missed (swatini, as I haven¶t been here in a long time. Also, I would love to worN with artists from this side, I am always open to worNing with people especially female vocalists, and the reach can go further than SA.

µµ7he energy that was shown to me was really great in this country it is nice to come to a show which is strictly about +ouse music. I have been a '- for years, I used to come to (swatini for these Nind of shows and since I have already come bacN, you should Nnow that it is nice and really special,” shared the artist.

South African musician Ocar Mbo was one of the DJs at the festival on Saturday which was held at Manzini Club.

Oskido delivering his Deep House set while DJ Zinhle dances behind him. Oskido played for over an hour during the show.

DJ Zinhle gestures after her performance on Saturday at Manzini Club.

An aerial view of the patrons who attended the House Music Fest show on Saturday.

Fans taking pictures with DJ Zinhle. This was after her performance.

Oskido delivering his Deep House set while DJ Zinhle dances. Oskido played for over an hour during the show.

Chronic Deep shared the decks with Dustinho during the show. They further dropped hit after hit during their set with Chronic Deep moving in front of the decks to wow patrons.

Deep House sensation DJ Christos captured while making a selection on the decks. His set was lauded by some patrons, as he played for an hour.