PRETORIA – Veteran South African actor Warren Masemola has been praised for bringing up the issue of alcohol abuse at the funeral of Presley Chweneyagae, as he insinuated that his friend had fallen victim to alcohol abuse.
Chweneyagae was laid to rest in Pretoria on Saturday following his death two weeks ago at the age of 40. The funeral service was held at Akasia Community Hall with the burial at Zandfontein Cemetery.
In his speech, Masemola was critical of friends that he believed never impressed upon the actor the importance of being a reliable family man.
Masemola detailed how on one occasion, he had to drive to a popular Pretoria hangout spot because the late actor had been a “nuisance”.
“Alcohol is nice, but if you love someone, you owe it to yourself to talk to the one you love and say ‘please may we just call it [a night]. You have children at home. Go home, your family needs you’.”
“We can’t start our day at seven in the morning by consuming alcohol and then you get home at five in the morning,-that’s 22 hours of being on the street drinking alcohol,” said the Skeem Saam actor to applause and cheers.
Many applauded his honesty and courage to address an issue so often left in silence, especially coming from someone in the public eye.
“He who has ears has heard,” said renowned actress Sana Mchunu.
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