Now she is no more, we weep Remembering Sibongile Khumalo 29 January 2021 - 15:06 Image: Moeletsi Mabe
When the late mezzo soprano Sibongile Khumalo celebrated her 60th birthday in 2017 with a three day music feast she wanted to acknowledge that she had grown beyond the facets of classical, jazz and indigenous music.
Khumalo who died yesterday at the age of 63 presented the concert live at the Market Theatre in Newtown. The event featured Lindiwe Maxolo, Nomfundo Xaluva, Mimi Ntenjwa and a young orchestra, who interpreted her music. Speaking to Sowetan then, she defined the celebration as “the best birthday gift that anybody could have offered her”.
Gospel music fraternity mourns Mosehla s passing 11 January 2021 - 11:02 Image: Real Israel Mosehla Facebook
Award-winning gospel singer and pastor Israel Linda Mosehla passed away last night.
The course of death is still unknown at the moment.
Mosehla, who is described by fellow gospel artists as a trendsetter, started his music journey at a young age studying piano and violin in Mofolo, and further went to Funda Arts Center in Diepkloof. In 1985, Mosehla and his brother Isaiah as well as their two friends Bongani Matsobane and Jabu Nkabinde formed a dynamic gospel group called G-Effect. With G-Effect, Mosehla toured the US, UK, Brazil, New York, Chicago, Ohio, Dallas and London between 2003 and 2005.