Sho Madjozi: My sister rode with a drunk driver last December and died

While December is known to many as a month of fun, laughter, and cheer, for rapper Sho Madjozi it represents a time of darkness in her life when she lost her little sister, Makhananï Maganye, in a car crash.
Makhananï died on December 17, 2019, and according to the well-known artist, her little sister would’ve turned 21 on December 9.

Taking to Twitter to talk about her grief and the realities she had to face after losing her little sister, Sho shared a more vulnerable side to her.

She also revealed her sister was in a car that was driven by a drunk driver who managed to survive the accident while her sister wasn’t so fortunate.

I love and hate this month so much. My sister rode with a drunk driver last December and died in an accident and the driver survived. She would have been 21 today. 😔

— #WhatALife 🎉 (@ShoMadjozi) December 9, 2020

Like taking notes from her journal, Sho shared a thought-provoking thread with her followers and reflected on the days she found very challenging after losing Makhananï.

Days after Makhananï’s passing, Sho shared that her little sister’s death belittled every other grief she had ever experienced.

Notes on grief:

— #WhatALife 🎉 (@ShoMadjozi) December 9, 2020

She also shared how difficult it was for her to accept that her sister was no more.

“Grief is a madness. I have felt every emotion every day since I heard the news. I have felt everything when looking at her pictures, even acceptance …”

Notes on grief:

— #WhatALife 🎉 (@ShoMadjozi) December 9, 2020

Sho then detailed how putting on a brave face as a well-known person in SA was very tough as her fans wanted selfies regardless of her pain and grief.

The John Cena hitmaker also shared how starting the new year was the most challenging as she kept asking herself why she had to go through such a tragic loss.

29/07/20

Grief is like being confronted by a filthy room. You may eventually be able to sort through it, but when you first encounter it you won’t know where to begin.

— #WhatALife 🎉 (@ShoMadjozi) December 9, 2020

31/03/20

You did not think you would be a fact in our lives. That your life was there to be the difficult experience in ours. A test to your mother’s faith or you sisters introduction to grief. You did not live as though your life was only meant to be a backdrop to anyone else’s

— #WhatALife 🎉 (@ShoMadjozi) December 9, 2020