Welcome to Trending Alice. Like and subscribe if you haven’t already. Today, we bring you trending news about the legendary gospel singer, Suim Hu, who was brought to his final resting place at the Zan Fon cemetery. In a heartbreaking revelation, Suim’s son-in-law, L, shared what really happened to Suu at the hospital.

The next day, Monday morning, we quickly went to the public institution, as we do on a daily basis, and we found that no, the operation is not necessary anymore. He’s got a bug infection that he picked up in the hospital, and he needs to be put in isolation.

We asked the doctors how is it possible that we got this bug, and they told us that the only way he could have picked up the bug is in the hospital because of the hygiene conditions.

We saw Papa deteriorating from a good heart rate. We were speaking to him on a daily basis, telling him, “Papa, please fight.” He couldn’t move, the only movement he did was his head nodding, telling us, “Yes, I’m fighting.”

Unfortunately, he was moved back into ICU after they could not treat the infection he picked up in the hospital. While in ICU, he made sure to wait for his daughter, my wife’s, birthday, and also the younger sister’s birthday. He passed away the day after the younger sister’s birthday, and it was a sad situation for the family.

South Africans and the family were very much hurt as a family when we asked for donations for an icon, and the public did not respond. We need to put it out there, and I would like to also acknowledge JJ for the contribution, Professor JJ, for the contribution he did on his show.

We tend to celebrate people and fill up arenas and demand to be in programs while people are dead, but when they are alive, we don’t celebrate those people.

We don’t embrace those legends that we should be embracing. A community saves lives. I’m not saying that we should do it for Papa; I’m saying that we, as a community, should all look out for each other. When there’s help needed next door or in front of you, let’s all stand up and give that help that’s required.

You will hear many speakers come today and tell you how Papa lived his life. He would always share his lessons with somebody in need, and he would not even have money himself. If he went to a shop to buy something and somebody asked him for money, he would give them that last money and not even come back with the bread he promised.

That’s the type of person he was. Yes, indeed, we did require 700,000 for the surgery, and like I said, we only managed to raise 100,000. It’s a sad situation for the family. We’ve been through a traumatic time, that’s why we have not spoken about this on any publication or to anybody.

I would like to also acknowledge the leadership of AA when they heard the call that Papa is not well. They were the first actually to jump and say, “Look, as the music union industry, what can we do, and where can we help?” Today is a state funeral.

With that being said, the approval only came yesterday midday. All the resources you are seeing here were done by the family. At the back of their minds, they still have debts of the private institution they were at. At the back of their minds, we still have debts of the government institution, the academic institution that was helping Papa to have the second operation.

We didn’t even know that we pay government institutions. Mama, we were given a bill of 93,000 at a government institution. 93,000! I’ve never heard of that before. No one actually told us that we’re going to pay.

If we had to pay 93,000, we would have kept for that duration in a private institution, and we would not have picked up that infection. He would have been kept in the ICU where he would have been monitored on a 24-hour basis. South Africans, that’s how we lost Papa.

There are many articles out there that are not the truth. Some have even buried him last week, some have even buried him last month, but he fought a good seven weeks while in the hospital, in a hospital bed.

I am extremely proud of that man. Every time I walked into that ICU unit, I told him the same thing, “Pap, I’m proud of you. I don’t think there’s any man that can stand this pain, but he did it for a full seven weeks.” South Africans, that’s all that we want to say.

We acknowledge the dignitaries that are also in the house that also came, Premier Bazi, who came with us. We acknowledge you for your presence, the current city mayor, who was also there, the current city mayor of 20.

We also acknowledge you for helping us out when we were in need. The MEC, we also acknowledge you for making time for us. Toyani, we’ve received the flowers, and we also acknowledge you. To the Limo Music liopo Arts Movement, also Thata, we recognize you and thank you for your participation.

Also, to the artists, when they heard about our cries, raising funds, trying to raise funds, that was a thoughtful gesture. Although we stopped with the last hour, we saw the condition of Pap, hence we did not want

to continue with the fundraising, but we are very much thankful for your efforts and time.

To Sony Music, we would like to say thank you to Sony Music for also agreeing to launch Papa’s CD today, which is “While I’m Gone.” And also like to ask the communities out there to stream it in memory of Papa.

Anything you want to say? I think that’s all I have to say in terms of debriefing the South Africans and media and the dignitaries at large about what transpired during that. How PR gives the speech risked his career, but he took a stand and was on the side of the poor and the downtrodden. He adopted a school here in Sang and supported that school fully.

He sang in rallies when others wanted to be paid. Sol played free of charge in many rallies, but when funds were available, sometimes he was ignored. Sol loved our country, Sol loved South Africa. When South Africa lost the opportunity to host the World Cup, when all of us were down and out, it took Sol to comfort the nation by rendering the song.

Sol was not on the fence on political matters. He said, and I quote, when President Tab was elected as president, President Tab listened as G leads into the black community for failing. He related how Tom London was helped speedily. This society has failed Suu. It’s as simple as that.

A couple of weeks ago, there was a white chap called Tom London. He was in a public hospital, I think was Helen Joseph hospital, and he was disgusted by the treatment he got there.

He made a very big noise. Within two days, and I don’t even have to tell you who gave him money, but he was in a private hospital, having raised 300,000 RS to move from Helen Josef to a private hospital.

So the question is, as black people, have we given up on ourselves for self-determination that even someone who’s an icon, our icon, we fail to raise 700,000 rents with all the stock fails we have, all the businesses we have, all the BEE deals that the NC has given you? There was nobody who could just sign a check of what? Where are these BEE people because we understand the BEE has been very successful. There are 1,000 black what do you call it, black industrialists, but it was not enough to save the life of somebody who’s an icon.

I think this is a bloody shame, it’s a total shame, and I didn’t even know half of the story that we were told here today about the fact that even after moving him to a private public facility, it became worse. It became worse. When are we going to stand up as a black nation and understand that we are on our own?

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