Kori moraba biography
- Legendary soul and R&B musician Kori Moraba, who died of Covid-19 on Saturday night, was involved in the music industry up to his last.
- The Department of Sport, Arts and Culture pays tribute to Iconic Setswana contemporary musician, Ntate Kori Moraba who released the classic wedding song.
- Kori Moraba was born on 23 September 1947 in Moroka, Soweto and named Isaac Kori Moraba.
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A contemporary music legend, Kori Moraba, grew up in the scenic valley of the Drakensberg and Steenkamp mountains, known as the greater Lydenburg area.
Moraba always considered Mashishing his second home, although he and his family lived in Johannesburg for part of the year. Anna Moraba, his widow, wanted to strengthen her late husband’s memory by continuing the path he created with his charitable endeavours. In an interview with Steelburger/ Lydenburg News, she said she decided to start making donations of sanitary products to several schools in Mashishing and Skhila.
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After her husband’s Covid-19-related death on January 2, 2021 at the age of 73, she started to spend more time in Mashishing.
“This is where I feel the closest to my late husband. I have been overwhelmed by the love the community of Mashishing has shown me and our family,” she said.
His first few school years were spent at Kellysville Primary School, before attending school in Meadowlands, Soweto. Moraba did not finish school, but his talent launched his
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Music icon Kori Moraba succumbs to Covid-19
Legendary soul and R&B musician Kori Moraba, who died of Covid-19 on Saturday night, was involved in the music industry up to his last.
Moraba, 73, a game changer in the local music scene, produced the classic wedding song Tswang-tswang-tswang, which is still played and sung during wedding celebrations in the country 50 years after it was released.
He died at the Netcare Bougainville Hospital in Hercules in Pretoria west, according to his daughter Joylene Moraba.
Though many South Africans did not know much about Moraba, he was active and performing in different festivals, mainly in neighbouring countries.
His last performance was in Botswana in December 2019, where they had a legends tour with Dr Steve Kekana and Babsy Mlangeni. Apart from producing the famous song, the Soweto-born singer also released other famous songs like Special Night and Maditaba.
“My father had been in hospital for the past two weeks after contracting the coronavirus. And he succumbed due to Covid 19 on Saturday night. We are devastated as the
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