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Makhadzi to rock Sibebe Resort

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MBABANE – The dance and music queen, Makhadzi will dish out killer moves for the All Black Exclusive at the Rock Lifestyle at Sibebe Resort on May 26, this year.

1ews of the South African SA star per forming at the Yen ue was announced last weeNend by the eYent’s organiser, and Sibebe 5esort man ager 7hemba 7hwala, who mentioned that the eYent was going to be epic. 7he rest of the line up has not been announced.

She is famous for leaYing the crowd yearning for more, eYen shouting out her name eYery time she taNes to the stage.

7he artist is also Nnown to e[tend the time she is allocated on stage, she mentioned in a preYious interYiew that she giYes the people what they want and if they want more she giYes them more.

*ates will opened at pm

MBABANE - Competing all the way to the USA!

A call for local talent has been made by .ids In 0otion 'irector 9elile 'ube, who announced that she will be hosting A Show

7his comes after the 'irector of the South African SA competitio­n, -uanita Oosthuizen, trusted her to find local talent for 7alent America . 'ube shared with this publicatio­n that in preYious years they would need to traYel to South Africa to compete in the regionals, and then nationals before actually maNing it to the internatio­nals.

+oweYer, this year after recent talNs with Oosthuizen, 'ube shared that artists only needed to compete and be Mudged locally then shoot straight to 7alent America as and ( will get you into the Yenue, this price is inclusiYe of a si[ pacN. 0aNhadzi’s star power and stage presence has made her a fan faYour ite across 0zansi and the conti nent at large. :ith a fairly new album, she has been traYelling and promoting the album in Yarious countries liNe %otswana, 1amibia and 0alawi, to name a few.

Verified

+er social media accounts are Yerified as she has a huge fol lowing from her home town /impopo, all oYer 0zansi and the rest of the continent, including (swatini. +er Instagram account alone has oYer followers and on 7witter.

%orn 1diYhudzan­nyi 5aliYhona, Nnown by her stage name 0aNhadzi, was born and raised in +a 0ashamba, /im popo, she is best Nnown for her songs ‘Tshanda Vhuya’ and ‘Matorokisi’. 0aNhadzi’s album Kokovha became one of her biggest successes and debuted at number one on the South Af team (swatini.

³It is obYiously not as easy as it sounds 7alent America is a Yery high Tuality com petition, so we need Tuality acts. :e are going to be Yery strict about the standard of acts because we need to represent (swatini Yery well,´ 'ube said.

Experience

She said she would be using her e[pe rience in dance and getting other local industry e[perts to help her put together a Yery powerful team for the internatio­nal competitio­n.

I am a Yery e[perienced dancer, so I Nnow e[actly what to looN for when it comes to dance, but when it comes to acting and other acts, I will be worNing with local industry e[perts.´

7he competitio­n will comprise of the following categories 'ancing, Acting, 0odelling, Singing, &reatiYe :orNs, In strumental and 3hotogenic. It is open to all ages. 7here will be a Moining fee, which will rican i7unes albums charts. It contained the chart topping singles ‘Amadoda’, ‘Mphemphe’, ‘Kokovha’ and ‘Tshikwama’.

+er career started at the age of , used to perform at 7a[i ranNs, getting money from people’s offerings.

In , 0aNhadzi was featured by 0aster .* in a song titled ‘Tshikwama’,

released off the album titled ‘Jerusalema’.

At the si[th ceremony of All Africa 0usic Awards, she receiYed a nomination for %est )emale Artist in South Africa and has gone bacN to dating his old time beau, 0aster .*.

be announced as the competitio­n details are released. It will be plus minus ( per item. 'ube went on to say that the best local act will stand a chance of winning (

. ³7here is also an incentiYe for those who will be competing locally.

7he best local act will receiYe ( , and will then be inYited to traYel with us to America in -uly ´.

Strong

'ube said they were looNing at haYing a Yery strong team of about people. ³It could be more, but for a start is a manageable number for traYelling to 7al ent America as this will be the first of its Nind. :e will be Moining the South African team when traYelling to the US because the director of the competitio­n in Africa is -uanita from South Africa. 7alent America is a talent competitio­n open to performer of all ages.

It has an amazing proYen tracNs record for talent to be discoYered and is where many of today’s hottest actors, models, singers, dancers, rising stars and enter tainers got their big breaN.

 ?? ?? A screenshot which was taken from Bellinda’s Instagram page showing the cosign she got from South African rapper Reason, who recently rebranded to Sizwe Alakine.
A screenshot which was taken from Bellinda’s Instagram page showing the cosign she got from South African rapper Reason, who recently rebranded to Sizwe Alakine.
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 ?? (Courtesy pic) ?? Kids In Motion Director, Velile Dube is calling locals to partake in the talent search for USA finals.
(Courtesy pic) Kids In Motion Director, Velile Dube is calling locals to partake in the talent search for USA finals.
 ?? ?? Recording artist Makhadzi who is well-known for leaving the crowd yearning for more.
Recording artist Makhadzi who is well-known for leaving the crowd yearning for more.
 ?? (Courtesy pics) ?? SA dance and music queen, Makhadzi.
(Courtesy pics) SA dance and music queen, Makhadzi.
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