{"id":3875,"date":"2017-08-03T11:10:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-03T08:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/?p=3875"},"modified":"2017-08-03T11:10:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-03T08:10:42","slug":"rhythm-citys-dumi-masilela-has-died","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/rhythm-citys-dumi-masilela-has-died\/","title":{"rendered":"Breaking: Rhythm City&#8217;s Dumi Masilela has died!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><em><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3876 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Dumi-Masilela-dead.jpg\" alt=\"Dumi Masilela's death\" width=\"450\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Dumi-Masilela-dead.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Dumi-Masilela-dead-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>It has been confirmed by Mzansi Mirror that Rhythm City actor Dumi Masilela, 29, died on Wednesday night following a hijacking incident in Tembisa.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The actor played the role of the street kid Sifiso Ngema since his first appearance in the soap in January 2013.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to police spokesperson Kay Makhubele, Dumi Masilela and his friend were shot at while driving on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Michael Pocock, e.tv PR manager, confirmed the news of Masilela\u2019s death. Details surrounding the incident are still unclear.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Other than being an actor Dumi was also a professional soccer player who played for Supersport United and Highlands Park, but had to end his career after a car accident.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>READ: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/bonang-matheba-explains-cut-somizi-life\/\">Bonang Matheba reveals why she cut Somizi out her life<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The actor got married to actress Simphiwe Ngema in an intimate traditional wedding earlier this year, according to e.tv.<\/p><div class=\"a17b8461aa8852e9804489a09abe77ee\" data-index=\"2\" style=\"float: none; margin:10px 0 10px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6320557125022566\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Responsive Ad -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6320557125022566\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1510235538\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mzansi Mirror also spoke to Rhythm City publicist Joe Strydom who said that the details of the incident have not been confirmed yet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Here is a statement about the actor\u2019s death that e.tv posted on their website:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt is with great sadness that e.tv confirms the passing of Dumi Masilela. He passed in hijacking on Wednesday 2 August. Dumi played the role of Sifiso on Rhythm City for the past 5 years. e.tv sends their condolences to Dumi\u2019s family, friends and Rhythm City colleagues\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Minister of Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa has expressed his condolences on Twitter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">See that tweet here:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It is with absolute shock &amp; dismay that we recieved the news of Rhythm City star Dumi Masilela&#8217;s sudden &amp; tragic passing. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RIPDumiMasilela?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">#RIPDumiMasilela<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2oDUFIBuo4\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/2oDUFIBuo4<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Min. Nathi Mthethwa (@NathiMthethwaSA) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NathiMthethwaSA\/status\/893011413819678720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">August 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 0px; margin: 0; padding: 0; clear: both;\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It has been confirmed by Mzansi Mirror that Rhythm City actor Dumi Masilela, 29, died on Wednesday night following a&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":3876,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/Dumi-Masilela-dead.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3875"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3875\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3876"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mzansimirror.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}