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- BY DELISA THWALA

MBABANE charts. - Zuma tops

Liswati illustrato­r and graphic designer Zuma Nkambule, has been topping charts lately with his artwork for musicians. The illustrato­r has worked with big corporatio­ns like Standard Bank and has designed over five artworks for South African (SA) artists who are currently topping charts. This is the second time Zuma’s artwork has topped Apple Music and Spotify charts in a space of a month. First to top the charts was Oscar Mbo’s ‘Asambeni’ reanother mix artwork, that is currently topping the charts is KelIvy vin Momo’s League album. When reached for comment ,Nkambule expressed with big names and get his work out there. “Seeing my work and the artworks I have done for incredible artists top charts is surreal. I’m humbled every time,” said Zuma. In addition, Zuma said there was a lot in store for him in terms of being an illustrato­r and graphic designer. He further broke down his recent project with Mandisa Mamba’s recent ‘OHBD’song. “Doing and working with my fellow country act is always great and I love it,” he said. He has done graphics for the social media awards by Swazi Boy Entertainm­ent, Deep House Conversati­ons and Luxury Fridays, and those are just local graphics he has worked with. He has worked internatio­nally with Maphorisa and Kabza de Small, SABC 1 shows, Black Coffee and Somizi Mhlongo, among others. When describing himself as a designer, he said he is a good creative graphic designer with an eye for detail.

With more than several years of experience in graphics and brand identity, his profession­al skills include graphic design, editorial design, digital design and illustrati­on aƒnd ‹pl„atfor”msƒwith a–strong “I’m more highly skilled in design, and have experience working on both PC

Mac understand­ing of the current software, such as Adobe Photoshop,”he said. depending on the organisers on what they want to book me for on that event. I can also do it both on the same event because I love what I do, I breathe for entertainm­ent,” she said.

The song is currently sitting at over 1 000 views on YouTube, barely days after it was released.

When assuring her fans, Welz Wethu said her followers can expect more music from her in the future. She said the

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