The Gauteng government wants to help the musician.
Kwaito star Bonginkosi ‘Zola 7’ Dlamini is not revealing the reasons why he wants to go to rehab.
News of Zola 7’s impending admission to rehab was first revealed by Gauteng finance MEC Nomantu Nkomo-Ralehoko – who said in a video clip that Zola’s wife had told her that Zola wanted to go to rehab.
The singer also confirmed the news, but would not be drawn into revealing the reasons why, 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.
He told the crowd at the festival that had been under the weather for a while and thanked them for supporting him.
Nkomo-Ralehoko disclosed the news after hosting the artist at a beauty clinic in Boksburg, Gauteng, last month under the theme “Heart to Heart Dialogue with Zola 7”.
In the clip, Nkomo-Ralehoko also pleaded with members of the public to encourage the talented rapper to go to rehab.
The ANC heavyweight, who runs a charity organisation, said she had planned to include the artist in one of her programmes but would not do so until he had gone to rehab.
But the MEC’s plans to assist Zola 7 hit a brick wall after his family told her to give them privacy to discuss her philanthropic gesture.
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