36-year-old gay South African singer, Koyo Bala, who is HIV positive passed away at Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town, after battling with anal cancer for two years.Koyo Bala Koyo Bala was part of a pop gay group known as 3-Sum made up of Bala‚ Amstel Maboa and the late Jeff Moyo, who were popularly known in the South African entertainment industry as gay rights activists.Their bandmate Moyo died in 2010‚ reportedly from HIV/Aids-related complications.  Koyo Bala who had disclosed publicly that he was HIV positive in 2011, was also  diagnosed of anal cancer in 2014 which he lived with for two years before it now claimed his life last sunday,March 6th. It was reported that the musician was "admitted to hospital on Sunday around 4pm after he complained about pain". This was two hours since landing in Cape Town from a trip to Johannesburg‚ where he was staying with his long-term friend and group member 
          After  he was diagnosed with anal cancer,he  decided to move back home last year where he started chemotherapy - a journey he widely shared in images‚ videos and messages with his social media followers.
His last tweet about his illness was on February  and reads: "I pray 2 God everyday 2 help me pass this cancer #itshard #pains #wontgiveup #canwinthisbattle #cantsleepofpains".