Arthur, Kelly useless, expired artistes: Malema
AS YOUNG as they are they have a dream of being the next best thing in the industry. Driven by passion and inspiration from one of Africa’s best music DJs Black Coffee, the group Southern Djembe Natives is slowly but surely making a name for themselves in the City of Kings.
Southern Djembe Monks is an all male group consisting of five young energetic members; Le-Roy “The Native” Tshuma, Sabelo “Doxy” Ncube, Lancelot Kazandwe, Bonginkosi Mhlabi and Nigel “Gabs” Chinamasa.
Coming from different backgrounds, the group was then formed in church and later they spread their wings and now play at local night clubs like Horizon and Club Forty 40.
“In 2015 we registered for the Dream Star talent show and we made it to the second round. That was when we met two other members of the group.
From there we decided to form one group, that’s when Southern Djembe Monks was born,” said Tshuma. ECONOMIC Freedom Fighters leader Julius Malema has accused the African National Congress of spending its election campaign funds on “useless artistes”.
“We have seen (the ANC) spend a billion rand on fake celebrities‚ extremely fake celebrities who can’t succeed in their own right‚” said Malema.
“As I speak‚ I’m trying to think what is Kelly Khumalo’s hit . . . what is she known for?
“But she is pocketing between ten thousand and fifteen thousand rands for every appearance she makes at an ANC event‚” said
He said their only challenge was little support from the local community.
“Local people are not really into local content and it makes it hard for artistes to prosper. The promoters seem to be interested in South African artistes yet we have so many good artistes in Bulawayo.
If promoters push for locals I assure you that we will have a good industry because people will begin to appreciate local music,” he said.
The group is bringing in a different kind of vibe in the musical scene in Bulawayo by infusing traditional and modern instruments into their live performances.
“We are bringing in different types of drums into our sets. In our next session we will be introducing the Tonga drums.
We will also have a new set of live keys and our main aim is to bring tribal music to life in Bulawayo,” he said.
Southern Djembe Natives has performed in numerous clubs in the city and have shared the stage with some of the country’s most celebrated artistes such as Jah Prayzah and Leonard Mapfumo. Malema.
Malema’s attacks come after ANC head of elections Nomvula Mokonyane was recently heard stating on record‚ that the ANC has spent over a billion rand in the 2016 local government election campaign‚ although this was subsequently denied by the party’s treasurer general Zweli Mkhize.
The EFF leader said some artistes even took to Twitter to brag that they make more when they have their own shows than they receive from the ANC.
The celebrities publicly draped political parties’ regalia.
“The ANC spends thousands of rands on useless‚ expired artistes such as Arthur Mafokate to perform and sing songs that aren’t even trending in this day and age — but he gets ten thousand for expired songs‚” added Malema.
He accused the ANC of prioritising artistes over people’s needs.
He said instead of giving people basic needs such as proper houses and sanitary toilets‚ they spend it on unnecessary things.
Malema was conducting a few community meetings in Tshwane on Thursday. — Sowetan
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