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IQEMBU elidumileyo eNingizimu Afrika lase-Afrika yonkana, iSoul Brothers, lizagubha iminyaka engu-50 lasungulwa ngedlalade elitsha, elizahambisana lomjikelezo kazwelonke, lapho elizobe likhumbula ngengoma amalunga alisungulayo, asedlula emhlabeni.
UMoses “Black Mosse” Ngwenya — okunguye osesele kwabasungula leli qembu lembhaqanga — utshele intatheli ukuthi abalandeli babo bazajabula ngoba bazezwa izwi likaDavid “Mdavu” Masondo kwezinye izingoma abazivubelile kuli albhamu.
UMasondo, owayengomunye wamalunga ayengaconsi phansi ngenxa yephimbo elimtoti lokujayiva kamnandi esitejini, watshona ngo-2015, ngemuva kokugula isikhathi eside.
UNgwenya, oxavatha i-organ kuvuke uhlevane kwabasuke behambele amakhonsathi aleli qembu bukhoma, uthe: “Kubo bonke abalandeli bethu emhlabeni wonke, silibonga ngokusuka ekujuleni kwezinhliziyo zethu ngothando lwenu olungapheliyo, lokusekela kwenu kuleminyaka kusukela saqala ngo-1975.
“Kule albhamu sizahlonipha esaqala labo uZenzele Mchunu, uTuza Mthethwa, uDavid Masondo lo-America Zulu.
“Abanye esingeke sibakhohlwe nguJapan Sidoyi, nguSipho Bhengu, nguMpompi Sosibo, nguLawrence Mothoa, nguVusi Mabuza, nguMbongeleni Dladla, nguJavas Magubane, nguLemmy Mabaso, nguThomas Phale, nguMaxwell Mngadi, nguSicelo Ndlela, nguSifiso Nyoka loJuly Mhlabane.”
UNgwenya uthe usebenzise ubuchwepheshe besimanje ukuvumbulula izingoma zakudala abangazikhiphanga, wathi ukholwa ukuthi abantu bazozithokozela.
“Abalandeli bazolizwa iphimbo likaMdavu kwezinye izingoma ngoba kithi umoya wakhe usaphila, futhi siyohlala silibonga iqhaza alibamba emculweni wethu,” kuqhuba uNgwenya.
Uthe abalandeli bokuqala abazoba lenhlanhla yokuzizwela le albhamu entsha, ngabaseMpumalanga, njengoba bezobe beyoshikisha ePiet Retief Town Hall mhlaka-31 kule nyanga. Kuzodilika umthangala uma sebengena eMpangeni Town Hall, eMpangeni, mhlaka-1 kuLwezi. Kuthiwa ezinye izindawo ezizohanjelwa zizomenyezelwa ngokuhamba kwesikhathi.
Ogandaganda baseNingizimu Afrika, njengoba iSoul Brothers iteketiswa kanjalo, bazakhela igama ngamanoni afana loMama kaSibongile, Thula Ukhalelani, Hamba Ntombi, Ngidlala Ukuhlupheka, Xolisa Umoya, Yimi Indoda, Isithothobala, Intombi Yami nezinye.—Ilanga
