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EZULWINI - hitmaker Shwi on Friday evening gave this publication an exclusive interview about his life and absence from the spotlight.
‘Ngafa’
)ormerly known as Shwi 1omtekh ala, the South African 0askandi duo sSlit, but Shwi keSt his love for music.
This Sast weekend he Serformed at the 0akoti )estival, which was held at 0alkerns &ountry &lub. The 0askandi duo was formed back in
¶s.Some of their famous songs include µNgafa’ which was their biggest selling record back in , including Wangisiza baba, Sponono sami and Uthando.
Platforms
2n )riday evening 0akoti )estival team hosted a welcoming dinner which was held at the +aSSy 9al ley +otel. The Tuestion Sosed was ³:hen , was growing uS, , used to listen to your music through my Sarents Slaying it all the time, but decades later, when , was old enough to access music Slatforms, you were not around.”
The artist resSonded and said that SeoSle should understand that life works like the world we live in and that it has seasons, in summary there is a season for everything.
Season
³/ife works with season as there is summer, autumn, and right now we are going into winter. So different season need different reasoning and one may think that , was away, but , was available but the season reTuired me to have a different kind of reasoning,” answered Shwi. The attendees were Tuite moved by the answer that the artist gave. ,t is worth noting that the artist going solo was announced mid last year. ,n another article Sublished by the 'aily Sun on -uly , the South African Srint media Sublication wrote an article titled ³/egendary 0askandi artist and hitmaker Shwi has gone solo and rebranded as Shwi 0antomba]ane.” The article read +e was always known as the one half of the 0askandi band Shwi 1omtekhala. Together they bla]ed a trail through SA, and fans fell in love.
Break-up
The duo had a messy break uS that involved lawyers and they ultimately went their seSarate ways.
The 0askandi artist is now ready for his solo career. +e hasn¶t lost his fan base and is grateful that they still love him, as he took time to introsSect before coming back into the music industry. +e has rebranded and goes by Shwi 0antomba]ane. 8nder his new moniker, the veteran artist is falling in love with the Srocess of making music again. The sound he¶s been working on is about the love of making music. ³,t takes time to make music that SeoSle will love and aSSre ciate, esSecially in our genre because you start with the writing, rehearsing with your guitar, and then recording in studio. Then you come back to do the backing vocals and the editing, it is a beautiful Srocess that , enMoy,” he shared.
,t is worth noting that the above Tuote by Shwi was with the SA media Sublication, 'aily Sun.