Legendary radio DJ Oskido, real name Oscar Bonginkosi Mdlongwa has announced on Thursday that his father has succumbed to COVID-19!
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“It’s with great sadness 2 let you know that I have lost my old man due to COVID19, a great man who inspired me to understand the value of life. So long Mdala, rest well. I will see you again in the next lifetime. You’ve shown us a way & shone the light Akwehlanga lungehlang,” announced Oskido.
“Mr. Mdlongwa. Rest in Power,” wrote son Junero Mdlongwa, who is currently pursuing his football interests abroad.
“Condolences to you & your family. 🙏🏽❤️😭,” wrote Bonang Matheba.
“May his soul rest in peace ❤️,” DJ Tira.
“Condolences Oskido 🙏🏾 Sending you, Bobstar, and the family my prayers 🌹,” Bridget Masinga.
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Oskido is the son of a Zimbabwean politician and a South African woman known as Emily, who was born in the Oukasie township near Brits. His father is Esaph Mdlongwa, who was a former member of the Welshman Ncube-led MDC.
“He was a great storyteller of a democratic nationalist trade unionist cum politician who was a mentor and a father figure to those of us whom he took under his protective wing,” MDC vice president Prof Welshman Ncube told ZimLive – speaking to ZimLive.com.
Priscilla Misihairabwi-Mushonga, who became an MP when the MDC first entered parliament in 2000, a year after its formation, added: “Zimbabwe will never have a political organizer like him. He had a charisma and a drive that made the MDC a true workers’ party and a mass party that was recognized the world over.”
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Esaph Mdlongwa worked in mines in South Africa early in his youth, where he met his first wife Emily Molefi, with whom he had his first child – the music legend Oscar ‘Oskido’ Mdlongwa.
Esaph Mdlongwa returned home and worked for many years at the National Railways of Zimbabwe, where he became very active as a trade unionist.
When the MDC was formed in 1999, it drew most of its top leadership from the trade unions and students, among them Mdlongwa. – ZimLive.com.
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