Thomas ‘Young’ Nkusi, the legendary video jockey who popularised translating movies in the early 2000s, has died at the age of 40 after months battling liver complications in South Africa, where he was living with his family.
Bonnie Bugingo (his younger brother, a celebrated movie interpreter known as Junior Giti), confirmed his death on Wednesday
“He has been battling liver complications for the past eight months. He died in a hospital in South Africa,” Junior told The New Times on the telephone.
Yanga has been suffering from serious diseases for half a century.
He was in mid-2020 reported to have ‘miraculously’ won a battle against stage 4 stomach cancer three years after he was diagnosed with a tumor in the stomach and was in 2017, given a transfer to go to South Africa for biopsy.
He arrived in South Africa and was diagnosed with stomach cancer, which was stage four.
Nkusi was prescribed medical treatment, including chemotherapy. He said that he could see the prayers of famous pastors in his night visions. He decided to travel to Uganda to meet Pastor Robert Kayanja. Kayanja prayed for him. It was later found that the stomach cancer and tumor had disappeared.
He then quit video jockeying and confessed to sticking to serving God and forever speaking of his goodness worldwide.
“When he returned to Rwanda in 2020, he brought his wife and kids because he wanted to spend the rest of his life in his home country. But he was forced to return to South Africa when the disease worsened again,” Junior said of his brother who, he revealed, has been in a coma since Monday until he breathed his last on Wednesday.
According to him, the family is looking into arrangements to bring the body of their loved one so that they can be buried in their home country.
“His burial will take place in Rwanda. We are now in touch with Rwanda’s High Commission to South Africa so they can help us arrange the repatriation of his body,” said Junior.
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Source: rnewtimes
