Tshabalala was born in Duduza on February 12, 1988, as the firstborn child of Ntombi Zwane and Gijimani Tshabalala.
After matriculating in 2005, from the M.O.M Seboni Secondary School in Duduza, Tshabalala read for his bachelor of business administration degree at Cida City Campus. He continued to study and obtained a national certificate in financial markets and instruments through The Academy of Financial Markets.
Tshabalala worked for Nedbank Limited from 2009 to 2014 and at his time of his death was employed at the Tourism Enterprise Partnership.
He is survived by his daughter, Minenhle Tshabalala (4), his parents, five sisters and two brothers.
The funeral service will be held at 10am on Saturday at the Duduza Resource Centre in Nala Street.
Cortege will leave for the Vlakfontein Cemetery at 12.30pm.
