Cecil John Rhodes: British Empire Hitman

Umgidi Ensemble was Ndabo Zulu's recent master's project at the Norwegian music Academy; this project aims at looking at what could be a possible orchestration of a Nguni orchestra. Like in a western symphony orchestra which comprises of instruments that have a huge traditional significance to the west, the ensemble aims at assembling both conventional and Nguni traditional instruments that will complement the compositional content.

A dam in Fleurhof that hold healing waters, drinking water, swimming water but scientists warn worshippers of the contamination from nearby open mine waste.

Kwaito music is inescapable in this Mzansi. It is ours. A creation that was and continues to be authored by the Black Lived Experience, and it engages Black Life. In Kwaito, we have a national treasure. A monument to the Township, and to Black Life.

Unspoken expectations and ego have ruined a whole lot of relationships and addressing the same issues every single time is not ideal. Abanye bayajola, abanye bayajolelwa and abanye bayajoleka nabo. You need to choose.

Dreams are always deeply connected to the spirit, even the ones that seem insignificant. It’s all a matter of taking notice. Once you start taking notice, you realise how even the most seemingly insignificant dreams are usually connected to a part of your realty in one way or another.

Mwenya Kabwe, who directs the piece, slides between calling the writing a play or poetry. The poetry, means, as Kabwe says, ‘There was no way to stage it traditionally. There is also so much going on that’s not spoken. There’s so much that’s not written’.