No foul play – Family confirms natural causes in Presley Chweneyagae’s death

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Cape Town – The family of legendary actor Presley Chweneyagae has confirmed that he passed away from natural causes at his home in Pretoria.

According to SABC News, his uncle, Mzwakhe Sigudla, said that Chweneyagae had difficulty breathing and that paramedics were called, but he sadly did not survive.

“There has been speculation and we want to clarify that there has been no foul play with what happened to Presley and unfortunately, it is what you call natural death,” the report quoted him as saying.

“He had a bit of complication related to breathing and paramedics were called to attend the scene, but unfortunately, he did not make it and there is nothing  we know other than that, and we want to put it to the nation that it is a natural death.”

Chweneyagae’s death was announced by his agent on Tuesday.

He was 40.

Fondly known as ‘Cobrizi’ or ‘Mokwepa’, Chweneyagae rose to international fame for his lead role in the Oscar-winning film Tsotsi, which brought South Africa its first Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 2006.

“It is with profound sadness that we confirm the untimely passing of one of South Africa’s most gifted and beloved actors, Presley Chweneyagae, at the age of 40,” the MLASA artist agency said in a statement on its website.

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