Tributes continue to pour in for Mimi Coertse: Dr Lehobye

Tributes continue to pour in for the world-famous South African opera singer, Mimi Coertse, who died in Pretoria at the age of 93.

Coertse became an international star in the 50's and was regarded as one of the best sopranos in the world.

Coertse travelled to Austria at a young age to study opera at the famed Vienna Academy.

She then went on to sing on all the world's major opera stages before returning to South Africa in 1973 to pass on her gifts through teaching, talent search and the ongoing Mimi Coertse Scholarship, which funds South African singers to study opera in Europe.

Dr Goitsemang Lehobye, is an acclaimed opera singer and educator based in the United States and joins us now.

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