IMambazo yethula amalunga amatsha

ILadysmith Black Mambazo ‘entsha’ ngaphandle kuka-Albert Mazibuko osethatha umhlalaphansi

I-LADYSMITH Black Mambazo isebenzisa umjikelezo wayo wokugubha iminyaka engu-65, ukwethula amalunga amabili amatsha njengoba omunye wabasunguli, u-Albert Mazibuko, esethatha umhlalaphansi.

UMazibuko (76) wasungula leli qembu loJoseph Shabalala owatshona ngo-2020, esathatha umhlalaphansi ekuculeni.

Njengoba esethi khumu uMazibuko, sekwethulwe amalunga amatsha okunguGagamela Shabalala loBabuyile Shabalala, ngokutsho kwemenenja yeqembu, uXolani Majozi.

“Ubaba uMazibuko uthatha umhlalaphansi lonyaka ngakho umjikelezo kuzoba ngowokugcina ebonakala ecula.

Usazoba yingxenye yeqembu ngoba usewumqemane futhi siyamthanda njengenqolobane egcine umlando kwazise ungomunye wabasunguli osasele. Ngoba besise-United States of America (USA) nje, sinandise ezindaweni ezingu-39 okuyinto ekhathazayo kumuntu osekhulile. Njengamanje kujoyine abazukulu ababili bakababa uShabalala okunguGagamela oyindodana kaSibongiseni Shabalala loBabuyile Shabalala, ozalwa nguMsizi Shabalala. Baqale ukucula kulo mjilezo wase-USA esibuye kuwo ekuqaleni kwenyanga,” kuchaza uMajozi.

Uthe umjikelezo ubekhona kusukela mhlaka 1, Nkwenkwezi, eJoburg Theatre.
“Njengoba iqembu lileminyaka engaka endimeni sibe sesihlela amadili omculo. Elokuqala leli eliseJoburg Theatre.”
Uthe basazohambela lezinye izindawo okuyiseThekwini, ngoMpandula, eKapa, ngo-Mfumfu lasePitoli.

Kuzo zonke izindawo uthe bafike babhulelwe amazolo ngamaqembu abawavumbulula ngesikhathi behlwaya ithalente ngaphansi kweLadysmith Black Mambazo Mobile Academy.

Udalule ukuthi njengoba bethule amalunga amatsha, bakhombisa khona ukuthi iqembu aliyi ndawo.
“Kule-albhamu ephekwayo esisebenza lamaciko ahlukene kuyo. Sifuna ukwethula iMambazo egengeni esencane. Njengoba ubona ubaba uMazibuko ukuthi ungakanani kutsho khona ukuthi kulabalandeli asebeqinile ngakho abancane asifuni basale ngaphandle.”