Ladysmith Black Mambazo sang their warm-hearted choral harmonies in honour of peace icon Nelson Mandela on Sunday, with a 45-minute forced intermission caused by load-shedding.
The concert at Joburg Theatre in Braamfontein a day before UN-declared International Mandela Day, his birthday, celebrated the life of the man who steered SA from the manacles of apartheid to multiracial democracy while narrowly avoiding a civil war.
“"He was in prison for people to get freedom. Even when they said ‘we will release you if you give up’, he said ‘no, my freedom is the freedom of my people’,” Shabalala told Reuters before the concert. “My father taught us a good song is one everyone can listen to. A song that will unite people,” Shabalala said, reminiscing about the founding member who died from illness in early 2020.
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