Loyiso gets MBA, has a new hot hit

JOHANNESBURG. — Loyiso Bala tells Sowetan that he only does “real” now. After so many years in the industry and seeing it all, he does not have to sell fiction.

“I’m all about real, I won’t sing about things I have not experienced. I’ve had to be careful that the songs I sing now represent my life,” he says.

Bala is back on the beat with a hot R&B single “Ndimbonile?” that he recorded with Sands, Swaziland’s finest export of “Tigi Tigi” fame. Bala says he approached Sands because he’d been itching to return to his R&B roots.

“I’ve been away for seven years from that genre, working with other groups and doing corporate work,” Bala says.

So he wrote the song in Xhosa and English and says it’s reminiscent of what he’s done in the past with tracks like “Musukukhala” and “Dali Wami”.

But he’s switched up the music to have a current appeal, what with the emergence of fresh new talent like Amanda Black and Musa Sukwene.

“Ndimbonile” was recorded within hours and so happy was Bala that he released it within a month — and shot a video too.

“Sands is a very humble guy, he’s clean and has a good name.”

Bala is also protective of his name and reckons that he sells music and does not need a scandal to keep him relevant.

He’s on TV as host of TBN Meets, a show that profiles Christian achievers. He also features on The Might on SABC3 on Saturday evenings where he profiles performers and gives them platforms and audiences to appreciate their acts.