Veteran Gospel Singer Hlengiwe Mhlaba is alive, well, and working on her 2021 projects, her Publicist Nkululeko Khanyi told Sowetan Live following fake reports suggesting that Hlengiwe Mhlaba had died.

The rumour began to spread on Saturday after a deejay from a community radio station in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, posted on Facebook that Hlengiwe Mhlaba had died.

Following the post, Mhlaba and her friends reportedly began receiving an influx of calls from people who were already crying, mourning the star’s passing.

“I can confirm that Hlengiwe is fine and not even sick for that matter. We don’t know why a person would start such a rumor when people are really dying of Covid-19 and other diseases. People are so insensitive, some families are mourning loved ones and people turn death into a joke,” said her Publicist Nkululeko Khanyi as quoted by Sowetan Live, a reputable South African publication.