Ayanda Ncwane Speaks About Her Husband Sfiso Ncwane’s Death, Career & Marriage

Ayanda Ncwane is the widow of the late gospel singer Sfiso Ncwane. She suffered the untimely death of her husband in 2016. She is a businesswoman and a mother.

Key Points 

1. Ayanda Ncwane grew up in the village of Indwedwe under ther care of her mother and grand mother. Her father passed on when she was just 12 years old.
2. Her dream was to become Miss South Africa. She entered into Miss Durban Teen.
3. Her first job was as a waitress in Johannesburg back in 2000.
4. Months later she met gospel star Sfiso Ncwane who later became her husband.
5. The day they met, Sfiso Ncwane vowed that he would marry her and Ayanda thought it was a joke.
6. They exchanged numbers in August 2002. She fell pregnant the following year and they got married 5 years later.
7. At one point they could not afford to pay rent and Sfiso could not afford a ring yet he proposed to marry her.
8. Ayanda says they got married in June 2007 and they were blessed with two children in their marriage.
9. She said her husband grew up without his dad. They went to meet him in 2010.
10. In 2013 Sfiso became a household name and their album was a success. They had started Ncwane Communications in 2009 and Ayanda became Sfiso’s manager.
11. Her husband went on to win Record of the Year at the SAMAs.
12. While in Limpopo for a performance Sfiso called her and informed her that he was not feeling well.
13. She said the following day her husband was scheduled to go to a Khaya Fm event. While at the venue Sfiso called her and told Ayanda that he was not feeling well.
14. Paramedics said he was exhausted and he was excused from the event.
15. She says later that day her husband collapsed in the bathroom.
16. She says her husband suffered a minor seizure and they managed to wake him up.
17. At the hospital they checked his heart and brain and they found nothing wrong.
18. She says paramedics found out that her husband had kidney infection.
19. She said the following day her husband passed on, it was on the 5th of December in 2016.
20. She says she could not believe it until it was an hour later.
21. She added that it was the hardest thing she ever experienced.
22. She says instead of falling apart she had to stand up and continue Sfiso Ncwane’s legacy.