Death
In 2004 Mhlaba was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer, and in December doctors discharged him from a private clinic saying there was nothing they could do for him. On February 20, 2005 he died in hospital. Mhlaba is survived by his wife, three sons and five daughters.
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