Late Zahara’s husband left to pay her hospital bills
Mpho Xaba reveals he is still paying late Zahara’s hospital bill of over R800,000 despite being snubbed by the singer’s family.
Zahara, real name Bulelwa Mtukukana died on December 11 after spending almost three weeks at a private hospital in Johannesburg.
The musician was buried in her home province, the Eastern Cape, on December 23.
According to Sunday World, Mpho revealed that the family didn’t involve him in the funeral preparations of his fiancée; he also doesn’t know where the singer was buried.
I was completely sidelined on funeral arrangements. [They did] not consult me on anything. Myself and my family were completely sidelined. Our opinions didn’t matter. In fact, we were not allowed to make any opinions,” he said.
“The funeral I attended was the public ceremony at the ICC. I never went to the graveyard. To this day I don’t know where she is buried because that is how bad things were.”
“Her family creates a crisis. They lied, her sisters lied. …They said I was busy claiming Bulelwa’s properties, I don’t know why. I have three properties, I don’t know why they would think that because Bulelwa’s house was on the verge of getting auctioned again. And I am the one who said ‘let us get out of that situation’,” he said.
Despite being ill-treated Xaba said he is paying Zahara’s hospital bills, as the family refused to pay.
“I am still paying her hospital bill. Her total hospital bill is around R820,000. Fortunately medical aid covered R712,000 of it. The rest I must pay for it. There is no one to pay for it in the family. Obviously because they only care about themselves and what they can get from all of this,” he said.
