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Mafikizolo invades Harare
13 Sep 2013 at 05:11hrs | Views
South AFRICAN group Mafikizolo is set to entertain fans tonight at Belgravia Sports Club with a one-off gig. The group will share the stage with local artistes Sniper Storm, Tehn Diamond and Junior Brown.
Chido Musasiwa, the marketing director of Event Worx, the organisers of the gig, said Mafikizolo will arrive this morning aboard South African Airways.
"Mafikizolo performs after Tehn Diamond, Junior Brown and Sniper Storm, who will be the supporting acts. The show ends around midnight and there will be an after-party at a venue yet to be announced," she said.
After the Mafikizolo gig there is going to be a family show at the same venue featuring Loyiso Bala.
"We urge show-goers to secure advance tickets which would be cheaper and convenient to avoid hassles at the gates."
Though Mafikizolo means "new kids on the block" in Zulu, the group is no newcomer as they have been on the music scene for some time now. The genre of music this group makes is called kwaito which is an African genre. The group was signed by Kalawa, a South African record company.
Event Worx, an entertainment company that is responsible for bringing the music group, urged people to attend the show.
"As Event Worx, we would really want to encourage the public to attend this event that we are putting on. There will be very good value for money and we will provide a quality product that will bring a breath of fresh air in a social calendar often starved of good quality entertainment," said Lyndon Kapuya, the company's public relations manager.
Another South African, Loyiso Bala, is performing at the same venue the following day.
According to wikipedia, the members of this group are Theo Kgosinkwe and Nhlanhla Nciza. In 1997 they released their first album, and self-titled it as "Mafikizolo". Their second album called ''Music Revolution'' in 1999, then in 2000 had a best-selling album named ''Gate Crashers''.
This group has a great impact on their listeners, because they create songs the public love to listen to, and can relate to. After almost losing their lives in a fatal car accident in December 2001, Mafikizolo released an album based on how grateful they were to be saved by God.
The album was released in 2002, and called "Sibongile'' which means thank you God in Zulu, one of the traditional languages in South Africa. After this album the group's success was off the charts, they won many different awards for the album and started to perform internationally.
Despite all those success, on February14, 2004 one of the male singers, Tebogo Madingoane, was shot after an argument got heated with another driver in traffic. This news shocked the music industry, fans and especially the other two members of the group.
The thought of carrying on without him was hard on the group, because it never crossed their mind that they would end up being a duo. After mourning the death of their friend and partner, the duo had to keep their name alive despite losing one of their valuable members. After this tragic event the group released three albums "Kwela'', "Van Toeka Af'' and "Six Mabone''.
After their last album ''Six Mabone" in 2008, the duo decided to take a break from the group.
After two years of ups and downs, in 2010 the duo decided to reunite in order to do a continuation to their last album ''Six Mabone", and to be recognised as their fans have known them to be, Mafikizolo.
Chido Musasiwa, the marketing director of Event Worx, the organisers of the gig, said Mafikizolo will arrive this morning aboard South African Airways.
"Mafikizolo performs after Tehn Diamond, Junior Brown and Sniper Storm, who will be the supporting acts. The show ends around midnight and there will be an after-party at a venue yet to be announced," she said.
After the Mafikizolo gig there is going to be a family show at the same venue featuring Loyiso Bala.
"We urge show-goers to secure advance tickets which would be cheaper and convenient to avoid hassles at the gates."
Though Mafikizolo means "new kids on the block" in Zulu, the group is no newcomer as they have been on the music scene for some time now. The genre of music this group makes is called kwaito which is an African genre. The group was signed by Kalawa, a South African record company.
Event Worx, an entertainment company that is responsible for bringing the music group, urged people to attend the show.
"As Event Worx, we would really want to encourage the public to attend this event that we are putting on. There will be very good value for money and we will provide a quality product that will bring a breath of fresh air in a social calendar often starved of good quality entertainment," said Lyndon Kapuya, the company's public relations manager.
Another South African, Loyiso Bala, is performing at the same venue the following day.
According to wikipedia, the members of this group are Theo Kgosinkwe and Nhlanhla Nciza. In 1997 they released their first album, and self-titled it as "Mafikizolo". Their second album called ''Music Revolution'' in 1999, then in 2000 had a best-selling album named ''Gate Crashers''.
This group has a great impact on their listeners, because they create songs the public love to listen to, and can relate to. After almost losing their lives in a fatal car accident in December 2001, Mafikizolo released an album based on how grateful they were to be saved by God.
The album was released in 2002, and called "Sibongile'' which means thank you God in Zulu, one of the traditional languages in South Africa. After this album the group's success was off the charts, they won many different awards for the album and started to perform internationally.
Despite all those success, on February14, 2004 one of the male singers, Tebogo Madingoane, was shot after an argument got heated with another driver in traffic. This news shocked the music industry, fans and especially the other two members of the group.
The thought of carrying on without him was hard on the group, because it never crossed their mind that they would end up being a duo. After mourning the death of their friend and partner, the duo had to keep their name alive despite losing one of their valuable members. After this tragic event the group released three albums "Kwela'', "Van Toeka Af'' and "Six Mabone''.
After their last album ''Six Mabone" in 2008, the duo decided to take a break from the group.
After two years of ups and downs, in 2010 the duo decided to reunite in order to do a continuation to their last album ''Six Mabone", and to be recognised as their fans have known them to be, Mafikizolo.
Source - herald
