Zola Hashatsi: ‘Dear Kuli Roberts, I wish you were still alive’

While his day was filled with gratitude for life and all he has, actor Zola Hashatsi had a bittersweet moment creep up on him when he realised how sad he was to be celebrating his birthday without his dear friend Kuli Roberts.

Kuli died on February 10 this year.

Taking to his Instagram as part of the posts he shared on his birthday, Zola lamented how different his day was without his special person.

“Dear Kuli Roberts I honestly wish you were still alive. I would drive to you and we would watch a @whitneyhouston DVD. I said DVD dammit and feed you grapes as we celebrate my birthday. I'm still not over you,” he wrote.

Earlier this year, Zola penned a heartfelt tribute to Kuli on what would have been her 50th birthday.

“As we approach August 16 and I continue to celebrate our queens this Women's Month, I'd like to remember, commemorate if you will, and show you were the one I publicly and privately loved and authentically loved.

“I fed her grapes and we listened to Whitney Houston. Kuli Roberts, I love and miss you. There will never be a replacement,” he wrote.