I hate this shit. Hate this replacement shit! Award-winning Mozambique actress and producer Hermelinda Simela is dead.
The 38-year-old died after giving birth to her daughter in hospital.
The child is in good health, doctors say.
“The country has lost a strong, resilient woman, an exemplary mother and, above all, an engine of our dreams,” Simela’s longtime friend and colleague Alvim Cossa said.
Hermelinda encouraged theatre people and created opportunities for actors to succeed.
Simela scooped best supporting actress at the 2013 Africa Movie Academy Awards for her Virgin Margarida role.
Her death comes a week after the funeral of Botswana-born actor and producer Shona Ferguson who died of Covid-19-related complications in SA.
