{"id":34955,"date":"2015-08-24T14:00:24","date_gmt":"2015-08-24T14:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2015\/08\/24\/zonke-opens-up-about-her-sisters-passing\/"},"modified":"2015-08-24T14:00:24","modified_gmt":"2015-08-24T14:00:24","slug":"zonke-opens-up-about-her-sisters-passing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/2015\/08\/24\/zonke-opens-up-about-her-sisters-passing\/","title":{"rendered":"Zonke Opens Up About Her Sister&#8217;s Passing."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"the-post\">\n<p><!-- .entry-header-outer \/--><\/p>\n<p>\t\t<!-- .share-buttons \/--><\/p>\n<div class=\"featured-area\">\n<div class=\"featured-area-inner\">\n<figure class=\"single-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"353\" height=\"470\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/zonke-and-lulu.jpg\" class=\"attachment-jannah-image-post size-jannah-image-post wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" is_main_img=\"1\"  \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content entry clearfix\">\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s almost been a year since the passing of musician and sister to Zonke, Lulu Dikana. Death is never an easy thing to deal with more especially when the person that has passed was someone that you did almost everything with.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-13135 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/zonke-and-lulu.jpg\" alt=\"zonke and lulu\" width=\"332\" height=\"443\"  \/><\/p>\n<p>Zonke has finally opened up about her sister\u2019s passing and how losing her has affected her.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Quick Adsense WordPress Plugin: http:\/\/quickadsense.com\/ --><\/p>\n<p>Recently speaking to eNCA she had this to say:\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s been a hectic past few months. A lot has happened. I\u2019ve also been in studio drowning myself in music, drowning my sorrows away in music. Also, I felt that it\u2019s time I put out new material. It\u2019s been four years since my last album and also while I was busy recording that album, my sister Lulu passed away in December.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The singer also adds that it\u2019s been quite the tough year on her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not something that you just snap your fingers and get over. But it\u2019s a process and being in studio has helped me a lot\u2026 Music has a way of just massaging the pain and the fact that we did music together, you know, that was the connection. I feel like I feel her presence because that\u2019s what we shared.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Zonke also adds that she remembers all of her late sister\u2019s teachings and keeps them all dear to her heart.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s an ongoing struggle, some days are good, some days are not so good. 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