She said, "He was sick two weeks ago and was sent to a doctor who referred him to Frere Hospital. He had also tested positive for the Coronavirus and also had an underlying condition.”
Mbatyothi started impersonating Mandela in 1994 during the ANC's election campaign. He had also starred in Leon Schuster’s blockbuster Mama Jack, and also played the role of Madiba in Duma Ndlovu and Shado Twala's stage play about South Africa's democracy, with toured Switzerland in 2004.
Buffalo City Metro ward 8 councillor said Mbatyothi's death was a blow to the community. “He really impersonated Nelson Mandela in everything, he had Madiba's humility and spirit. He hosted Christmas parties for the eldery in our community and he was recently planning on distributing sanitersers in Duncan Village."
Mbathyothi leaves behind three children aged 21, 12 and 10. He will be buried in Alice.
EL's popular Mandela lookalike loses Covid-19 fight
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The man who became famous for looking just like Madiba died on Sunday morning, just hours after the world celebrated Mandela Day. Prominent Eastern Cape community activist and Nelson Mandela lookalike Ayanda Mbatyothi, 46, succumbed to a Covid-19 related illness, his wife Noludwe Kanandawo confirmed.
He was popularly known as the “Young Madiba” across the country.
She said, "He was sick two weeks ago and was sent to a doctor who referred him to Frere Hospital. He had also tested positive for the Coronavirus and also had an underlying condition.”
Mbatyothi started impersonating Mandela in 1994 during the ANC's election campaign. He had also starred in Leon Schuster’s blockbuster Mama Jack, and also played the role of Madiba in Duma Ndlovu and Shado Twala's stage play about South Africa's democracy, with toured Switzerland in 2004.
Buffalo City Metro ward 8 councillor said Mbatyothi's death was a blow to the community. “He really impersonated Nelson Mandela in everything, he had Madiba's humility and spirit. He hosted Christmas parties for the eldery in our community and he was recently planning on distributing sanitersers in Duncan Village."
Mbathyothi leaves behind three children aged 21, 12 and 10. He will be buried in Alice.
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