I am completely shattered, I really don’t know what to say about Koyo Bala’s passing. Literally a week ago we were together having fun catching up. He was telling me about his life and where he is and how well he was doing. It was evident to me that Cape Town did Koyo a lot of good (I know some blogger asked what I meant that Koyo looked good… He looked good from the last time I was him which was 2 years ago).
Koyo is one of the brave soldiers we had, he came out about his sexuality from his singing days and later made headlines about coming out about his HIV positive status… subsequently diagnosed with Cancer.
One of the things we spoke about from our trip to the airport for the MetroFM Awards with Amstel was how grateful he is of the support he has received from friends and mainly his family… Koyo was not much of a pretender, he would tell you what he thinks without fighting, I loved and enjoyed his energy. Whenever I would be out at a gig and he would be there I would be with him as we’re both teetotalers.
One would think after so many deaths in my family that I would be kinda used to such… All I can say is kufa wena awuneli!
Ulale ngoxolo sthandwa sam, sizakudibana sonke phambili uligqibile wena olwakho ugqatso.
To the Bala Family, Aluhlalanga lungehlanga unyana wenu ukwengcono indawo.