Malaika star Jabu Ndaba dies

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Jabu Ndaba, a member of the award-winning South African pop group, Malaika, has died. He was 32.

The star, who had been battling TB and repeatedly denied he was HIV-positive, died in Johannesburg on Monday.

Malaika's manager Stacey Gule told New Zimbabwe.com: "Jabu passed away at 12.13 this afternoon (Monday) at Tshepong Hospital in Klerksdorp. "He had TB and complications developed from that. The whole group is absolutely devastated."

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