WATCH | 5 heartwarming moments from Andile Gumbi’s memorial

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Andile's colleagues from the industry joined family and friends in remembering the actor's life.

“He always spoke about you ma. He spoke of everything he wanted to do for you. He

never wanted to disappoint you. He loved his family and when he told us he was going to get engaged, we were over the moon,” she said. Millicent Makhado remembered how Andile “loved his wife and he loved his family” and would always keep them up to date with all the family's adventures.described the production's struggles to find a person to play Simba on the project and how when they met Andile they knew he was the right man.

“He made history. He was the first African to play Simba on Broadway ... The man was fierce. He was fearless. He took the role. One thing we noticed is that he exuded the spirit of Zulu, the spirit of Biko. The man was tough. Even if he was playing a character, you could see the man was what the character was meant to be.”

 

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