John Matshikiza was a South African actor, theatre director, poet, and journalist. He appeared in Hijack Stories, Leon Schuster’s There’s a Zulu On My Stoep, Cry Freedom, and 1987’s Mandela, in which he played the role of Walter Sisulu. One of John’s last acting roles was as the villain in the third series of the television series Hard Copy.
John wrote for several South African and foreign publications including the Mail & Guardian, where his “With the Lid Off” column ran for several years from the mid-1990s and was gently critical of the government. In 2002, he won the regional and national Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award in the specialist category for his column, which appeared in a collection of his and his father Todd’s works entitled With the Lid Off South African Insights from Home and Abroad, published in 2000.
John Matshikiza’s cause of death: What happened to Todd Matshikiza’s son?
John Matshikiza’s cause of death was a result of heart attack he suffered which happened on September 15, 2008, in Picobella restaurant in Melville, Johannesburg.
Source: Ghanafuo.com
