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Msaki, the girl-next-door with the voice of an angel

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About an hour after performing at the Corona Sunsets Festival, Msaki casually jogs onto the tennis court next to the clubhouse behind the stage.

Dressed in the same white dress shirt and white shorts she wore on stage during her energetic performance, the 34-year-old glides gracefully around the court as she hits the ball back and forth with a friend.

Those of us seated at the clubhouse watch on smilingly, enamoured by Msaki’s normalcy.

But it’s hardly surprising to see her like this – she has been South Africa’s supreme woman and girl-next-door since she burst onto the scene with her feature on Prince Kaybee’s runaway 2019 hit single, Fetch Your Life.

And the setting could hardly be

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