South Africa: Connie Chiume — actress and ‘brilliant and courageous cultural activist’

‘I am saddened. I am devastated,” said musician Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse, about the death of the renowned South African actress Connie Chiume in hospital on 6 August at the age of 72.

“If it is not a tragedy, I don’t know what it is … the smile you saw her wear every day on the television was not an act; it was a smile she carried with her all her life, in private and public spaces.  

“She has gone too soon. Many emerging artists in the industry will lose out on her solid…