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Final tribute to Dumi Masilela incorporated in ‘Rhythm City’ episode

Rhythm City will incorporate the murder of Dumi Masilela into the exit story line of his character Sifiso Ngema, as a final tribute to him. This is also to highlight the prevalence of violence in South Africa.

“After extensive consultation with the Masilela family, the producers of Rhythm City have decided to incorporate Dumi Masilela’s tragic death into the exit storyline of his character. The show’s producers decided to use Sifiso’s exit story as a way to pay tribute to Dumi’s work as an actor and to highlight the tragedy of unnecessary violence that plagues our cities‚” said producer Yula Quinn.

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Masilela was shot in August in a suspected hijacking in Tembisa, and later died in hospital.

He will appear for the last time on the soapie on October 11th, which will be followed by an on-screen memorial service on October 18th, in his honor. His mother, Sabatha Magdeline, and brother, Thabani Masilela, will also feature in the episode.

“The memorial will feature the cast commenting and talking about the character.”

Quinn says the memorial episode is being filmed because they wanted to make a statement about him as he was part of the Rhythm City family. “He died so tragically. We wanted to pay tribute to him, to his work with us.”

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