WATCH: Actor Shona Ferguson’s memorial service

Family, friends and industry colleagues of Shona Ferguson are paying tribute to him in a memorial service held in Rosebank, Johannesburg on Friday morning, 6 July 2021.

The actor and TV producer passed away at the age of 47 in hospital last week due to COVID-19-related complications.

In addition to several family members, some of the people’s he’s worked with are also expected to speak at the memorial.

WATCH: Shona Feguson’s memorial

Ferguson was laid to rest at Fourway’s Memorial Park, north of Johannesburg on Wednesday. His wife Connie shared some moving words via audio at the funeral, in which she expressed her grief.

“My love, my skatpie, never in a million years would I be in this position that I am today, speaking as I am today without your physical presence. Sho’, I thought you and I were going to grow old together. That’s what I saw, that’s what I saw for us. That’s always been the dream,” she said.

Ferguson spoke of how much they prayed for her husband to be healed, when he was fighting for his life in hospital.

“When you became sick, we prayed so much for your healing  I can’t imagine my life without you Shona. The past couple of days have been almost like a dream really, I still feel like I am dreaming sometimes and I’d wake up and none of this would be real.”

Connie Ferguson

The Fergusons headed their own TV production company, Ferguson Films, which is behind a number of successful shows to its name, including the mega popular soaps The Queen, Rockville, Igazi and The Throne.