Umcimbi Wabantu concert postponed
SKYZ Metro FM’s Umcimbi Wabantu concert which was scheduled for next Saturday has been postponed to next month because of logistical challenges.
The concert taking place at the Large City Hall car park will now be held on September 7 and will serve as the radio station’s third anniversary celebration. It will feature South Africa’s Dr Malinga and local acts, Madlela Skhobokhobo, Clement Magwaza, Novuyo Seagirl, Asaph, Zinjaziyamluma, Ndux Jnr, Knowledge Nkiwane, Cal_Vin, Msiz’Kay, Lee McHoney, Hwabaraty, Lorraine Stot, Sam Music, MJ Sings, Chipman, Sinazo and Gaz’elimnyama.
Commenting on the postponement, the station’s manager, Godwin Phiri, said: “We had a few logistical issues which made it necessary for us to shift the dates to September 7. This is the final date for our third anniversary and everything, in terms of logistics, should be done then.”
He said they invited Dr Malinga to come and perform at the celebrations after a poll where listeners were asked to vote for the artiste they wanted from the neighbouring country.
“We gave our listeners a list of SA artistes and asked them to choose which one they’d want to perform at the celebrations. The most popular on that list was Dr Malinga,” said Phiri.
The local acts, Phiri said, were chosen based on their popularity over the year.
“The local artistes were chosen based on their popularity over the past 12 months. As such, it’s a mixture of seasoned and emerging artistes.”
The last two celebrations were graced by kwaito don, Professor, and the Soul Brothers. During the first celebration, singer Sandra Ndebele, with the help of Skyz Metro FM, organised a collaboration with Professor that birthed the house hit Lizwile. This time around, Phiri said they have not received any request from artistes to collaborate with Dr Malinga. Last year, there was a power outage that disrupted the Soul Brothers’ performance and for this year, Phiri said they were fully prepared as the show will be running on a generator.
“The whole event will be run on generator and Zesa will be our backup plan. We want to have greater control over the power supply to run the show,” he said.
Bulawayo’s high density suburbs, starting next week.
Organised by The RapLab, a radio show on Khulumani FM that is presented by awardwinning, DJ Thorne, the talent search will be taken to Luveve, Gwabalanda, Magwegwe, Lobengula, Cowdray Park, Emakhandeni, Entumbane, Pelandaba, Mpopoma, Pumula, Nkulumane, Nketa, Emganwini and Mzilikazi.
Thorne said the Ghetto 2 Ghetto Rapperholick Tour was born from the Live Bars concept, a segment of the RapLab on Khulumani FM where rappers freestyle on air. He said this was one of the ways in which they want to keep the hip hop culture alive in the city.
“We’re on a quest to discover new talent, promote existing hip hop movements and artistes and preserve and keep the hip hop community and its culture alive and prospering in Bulawayo. We also want to teach artistes how to monetise their talent through this initiative,” said Thorne.
He said the primary objective of this tour is to educate and elevate young artistes.