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Minnie Dlamini documents her pain since losing her brother

Minnie Dlamini left many followers feeling sad following her heartbreaking post documenting the pain of loosing her younger brother in September 2019. This comes shortly after the media personality posted her brother’s photo a week ago celebrating his birthday on a post captioned;

“Happy Birthday Captain K ✈️. This one really hurts ? I’m not ok ?.”

The presenter and actress’s brother Khosini was in the prime of his pilot career when he succumbed to his death after reportedly suffering a ruptured brain aneurysm, (bulge in a blood vessel caused by a weakness wall, usual where it branches, hns.uk).

The heartbreaking post from the Homeground presenter read, “Every breath I take is a reminder that he breathes no more.”

Minnie added a ,”What pain looks like for me” caption to her post.

 

 

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Industry friends and followers showed support, with many sending wise words to ease the pain, some even shared their own life journeys dealing with grief.

Friends and followers shared; “@minniedlamini I’ve lying on my bed, facing up, feeling my heartbeat, and tears started pouring down my cheeks, and I realised , I will never heal. No it does not get better with time, yes some moments may distract you from thinking about it but eventually reality kicks in. March 16 this year I lost my brother, I lost the biggest part of me. It hurts , almost every second. ?????. It hurts soo bad!”

More added, “Lost my brother in 2018 to epilepsy and I still haven’t healed. Sending you love, light and peace ??.”

Also, “Ah man, grief is ugly, it’s relentless, leaves you hopeless. I know it so so so well, But the love you had for each other is the energy you will have, it is what you need ❤️.”

Industry friend @olwe2lesh commeneted; “Sending you love my babe?.”

 

Also see: Phelo Bala speaks on his failed marriage with Moshe Ndiki

 

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