By GERALD IMRAY
Associated Press
CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African singer Zahara, who rose from an impoverished rural background with no musical training to find rapid fame with multi-platinum selling albums, has died. She was 36. Her family said Zahara, whose real name was Bulelwa Mkutukana, died Monday. The family did not give a cause of death. They said last month that Zahara had been admitted to a hospital with an undisclosed issue and had asked for privacy. Zahara’s debut 2011 album “Loliwe,” or “The Train,” became South Africa’s second-fastest selling album after the 1997 record “Memeza” by Brenda Fassie, an icon of South African music.
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