Bhisho – The Eastern Cape Department Forensic Pathology Services on Thursday concluded an autopsy on arts icon Mbongeni Ngema, who died in a car crash.
“Ngema died shortly after being attended by doctors at Adelaide and OR Tambo Memorial Hospital in Mbizana last night after the car he was in was involved in an accident on the R61 road,” said the Eastern Cape Department of Health.
The Ngema family identified the internationally acclaimed playwright’s body at the hospital earlier Thursday.
The department said it “immediately conducted the autopsy” and released his body to the family.
“The body is now en route to KwaZulu-Natal,” the department said.
