Legendary South African jazz and opera singer Sibongile Khumalo, fondly known as the First Lady of Song, was Saturday laid to rest in Johannesburg.
The 2008 Order of Ikhamanga awardee who performed at Nelson Mandela’s inauguration in 1994 and sang the national anthem at the 1995 Rugby World Cup, bowed out January 28 from stroke-related complications. She was 63.