He was named “Namibia’s most famous actor” by The Namibian. He did not know his age and rumor has it that he allowed his earnings ($300) for his first movie to be blown away in the wind because he was unaware of the concept of paper money. Toma negotiated and earned 800,000 South African rand for his second role. Nǃxau ǂToma passed away on July 5, 2003 at the age of 58 from multiple drug resistant tuberculosis.