News of Zola 7’s, real name Bonginkosi Dlamini, impending admission to rehab was first let out by Gauteng MEC for finance and e-government, Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko, who revealed in a video clip leaked to Sunday World that the singer’s wife had told her that he wanted to go to rehab.
The Umdlwembe hitmaker confirmed the news, but would not be drawn into revealing the reasons, only saying he will go to rehab after he wraps up his forthcoming album.
Zola, who has been looking frail of late, announced on Podcast and Chill with MacG in October last year that he was suffering from epilepsy.
Last month, he touched the hearts of his fans when he broke down and cried after his performance at a music festival in Mpumalanga last month.
He told the crowd at the festival that had been under the weather for a while and thanked them for supporting him.
“Nowadays I have to take medication twice a day just to get by,” he continued. “I was very sick during that song - with Cassper - and I think we did about 25 cuts. I was fighting to look normal, but I wasn’t. I was extremely very sick during that video.”
"I'm a sensitive guy. When something profound happens I can't help but get a teardrop. I miss my friends though, because they are gone. They are lying at Heroes Acre Cemetery. I miss Jabba, I miss Pro Kid, Mandoza, Dash and Lebo ... I had to get on stage and do Mandoza's Nkalakathajust to remind people who we are and where we come from."
Then his fans all gathered to encourage the muso to get well and get back to doing what he loves the most. He had a performance in Mpumalanga which was a first of many.
In an interview with TshisaLIVE , he thanked his fans and said, "Thank you for dragging me out of my house to come here, because I've been in the house for too long, I've been sick for too long. I am sitting comfortably on about 2,000 songs that have not been released that will become part of the trust fund for the children. We have a sh*t load of debts that need to be taken care of should something happen to me, because I have epilepsy."
He then rubbished claims that he has 7 children. A claim made by Nota Baloyi, "I only have two boys. OK, because I'm a kwaito artist I'm going to say, 'The ones I know of'," he said.
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