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Noxolo “Noxee” Maqashalala laid to rest in Eastern Cape

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The late actress Noxolo “Noxee” Maqashalala has been laid to rest at Mpoza Village in KwaBhaca in the Eastern Cape. She passed away in her Honeydew home in Johannesburg last week.

In a moving funeral service, speakers described her as someone whose dedication and love for her work will never be forgotten. The television actress played in Generations, Tsha Tsha, Intersexions and Rhythm City amongst others.

Family spokesperson, Khabonina Nyikinya, says Maqashalala had been battling depression for a long time and that she preferred staying alone.

“We are not blaming anyone that Noxolo passed away whilst she was alone in her house. Number 1, Noxolo is grown up. She was a lady who was living in her own apartment. But that doesn’t mean she was disconnected from the family. We have a big family in Gauteng even in Eastern Cape. We communicate with each other. So it was just a shock to us that she passed away without maybe some of them have checked on  her. But we believe that she was a person who needed her own space,” Nyikinya said.

The actress’s colleagues say the entertainment industry has suffered a huge blow.

Colleague and friend, Zuko Nodada, has praised Maqashalala for the love of her craft.

“I’ve worked with Noxolo for 18 years. Our first project was Tsha Tsha. What I can say about her as a professional is that she was a very professional person who was passionate about what she was doing. There is no day uNoxolo would come to set not knowing her lines, not having prepared for the scenes. She was a creative. She started directing in 2016, if I remember in one of my projects, The Kingdom, uKhakhayi. She didn’t stop there. She went on to co-create and executive produced Diamond City. It is a great loss to the industry, I’m not going to lie.”

In the below, the film industry mourns the death of Maqashalala:

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