Linjani bakithi. Ngilengoma zami ezimbili engicela lingincede ngamazwi azo (amalyrics).

Eyakuqala nguDabuka mhlaba ekaMajii
eyesibili ibizo angilazi, kodwa ngangiyizwa engazani ithi:

Mama ijuba kalihlali emuthini mama,
....
Mina, kangithwale into yami,
kangithwale okungokwami mina...

Abavumelayo bezwakala engani bathi:

ijuba kalihlali emthini,
ijuba kalihlali emthini!

Itholakala kudlalade uStimela.

Ngizikhumbula from kudala but lokuthi zazisithini angikwazi. Ngincedani bafowethu.

Oleculo lakhe alaziyo alithandayo noma yiliphi elingahlabusa uMthwakazi ukhululekile laye ukulihlabelela khonapha, umuntu wonke akholise.

Umoya wami bo awusekho lapha

khangela wona ukhatshana kontuthu ziyathunqa

ngab´ubhudi laye uyasebenza ngabe kabamgumulanga

ngabe thina siyasutha kontuthu ziyathunqa

ngabe thina basakhel´amafekithali ngabe

siyabuyela siyegcin´abadala kontuthu ziyathunqa

gijima gijima joshua uyetshel´abadala ukuthi mina ngithe ah ah ngisake ngikhumbule kahle.

Esambeni sikambangwa,
mama kule nyok'ibuluku,
esambeni sikambangwa,
bathi kule nyok'ephilayo.

ngithi bayangizonda mina,
bayangizonda abakoNyathi,
bayangizonda mina, bangithumela ipholisa!

Bafowethu!

uJeni yimenya yami
yimenya yami ngedwa
...............................

Sengikhonjwe likula mina
Likula lami ngedwa.
................................

Enye lami engingayizwanga kahle yile,

Mama ngivulele
Amathamsanqa!
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Siyayidinga njalo siyayiphanda!
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Original thrower, leyo ngiyayazi yonke. kengizwe nxa ngisayikhumbula:

mama ngivulele,
amathamsanqa, awomsebenzi,
ho ngivulele, ho ngivulele.

kangela kangithathanga mina, ho ngivulele,
kangela kngifundanga mina, ho ngivulele,
tshona ngitshaya amakhatala mina, ho ngivulele,
tshona ngitshay'ijuke bhokisi mina, ho ngivulele,
ngifun'kuthathikiwa mina, ho ngivulele,
bayangihlemina, ho ngivulele.

ho ngivulele, ho ngivulele,
ho ngivulele, ho ngivulele,
ho ngivulele, ho ngivulele,
....

Mfowethu,

Mbulawa uyinembe ekhanda,besengiyilibele.

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Siyayidinga njalo siyayiphanda!
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1)
"Ungambonehamba uth' dingintombi,
ungambonehamba uth'dingimali,
Uzakufa kubi, kubi, kubi
Uzakufa kubi ngabafazi babantu,
Lujaha uzakufa kubi, kubikubi...."

2) Stimela seGoli silendaba, silendaba bafana'
silendaba, sathathintombi yami bantu silendaba

3) Ngakhonjwe Mpophoma ngazikholisela
Ekuseni, mkhwenyana ingaphi itshukela..."

4) Sayiwela sayiwela sayiwela sibili,
Sayiwela Ingulukudela siyofuna imali,
Akuphi lamajaha, afele mazulwini...."

5)Yinyoni bani engela mathambo,
Idlala njani ingela mathambo

6)Ukhozi lwangithatha

7)Isono sami
"abanye bathi ngifile mina'
bawukhathazumoya wami'
abanye bathi ngiyagula mina
bawukhathazu moya wami...."

8)Salanini zinini, sesiqondemakhaya
namuhla kulo mdlalo mkhulu okaMajaivana"

9) Mama ngivulele, amathamsanqa, awomsebenzi

Lobengula,

Uzifake kuhle sibili kodwa leyi ethi "Ukhozi Lwangithatha" angisayikhumbuli, ithini yonke?

Majaivana's departure leaves yawning gap
(from The Standard)

WHEN Lovemore Majaivana was asked whether he was happy with the support he was getting from his fans in an interview some years back, he said something like "the jackal looks after its own".

Although it is not clear exactly what he meant, what is clear today is that after years of being at the top of local musical charts Majaivana - one of Zimbabwe's revered Ndebele musicians - has abandoned his musical career.


He immigrated to the US, where - to borrow his phrase - like the jackal, he is looking after his own.

But his decision to leave Zimbabwe has created a yawning musical gap that no Ndebele musician has managed to fill.

Sadly, the departure brought to an end an illustrious career that had kicked off in 1967 when Majaivana was 15 and played as a session drummer for a number of musical groups in Bulawayo and Harare.

After a brief stint in the then Salisbury where he perfected cover versions of popular Western hits in nightclubs such as the then Job's Nightspot, Bulawayo beckoned in 1974.

His first professional group was called the Marisha Band with which he jammed for about four years before travelling back to Salisbury in 1978 where he teamed up with saxophonist Fanyana Dube to create the Job's Combination.

The band, which was the resident group at the popular nightclub then owned by the well-known Harare socialite - the late Job Kadengu - took its name from that of the bar.

Their first album, Isitimela released in 1980 shook the local music markets. Dorothy Masuka joined them at that time and they backed her on an album, Isigalo. But before the band had stabilised, the combination broke.

Majaivana joined the rhumba outfit, Real Sounds, while Fanyana moved on to form the Champs Band.

But for Majaivana, it was going to be a short-lived marriage with the Real Sounds because he soon left and was lured to the Victoria Falls where he joined the Zulu Band, eventually becoming its frontman.

With the Zulu Band, Majaivana released Salanini Zinini (1984), based on a Zulu traditional song, Jiri (1987) and Amandala (1990), his last recording before he abandoned his singing career for the first time.

It then took him 11 years to stage a comeback with his last album, Isono Sami that he released with the backing of Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits. Albert Nyathi and the Tumbuka Dancers also assisted him on the album.

With the popularity the album garnered, Majaivana's fans and critics - who had labelled him a spentforce - thought that he had come back for good, only to realise that it was the "goodbye" album for both the local music scene and Zimbabwe.

While there are reports that Majaivana is working as a milkman in the US, and others say he has settled as a family man, many of his Zimbabwean fans still wonder whatever happened to the man with the magic voice.

Born in Gweru, Majaivana grew up in Luveve high-density suburb in Bulawayo.

His father, a preacher, was the first to encourage him to sing in church. His mother then inspired his whole musical career by teaching him traditional Zulu songs which became his musical trade mark, building on what two other great Ndebele traditional singers, Sabelo Mathe and Josaya Hadebe, had started.
Majaivana was also one of the few Zimbabwean musicians who had an opportunity to work with Jamaican reggae superstar, Robert Nesta Marley - better known as Bob Marley - when Marley and the Wailers came to perform during the independence celebrations in 1980 at Rufaro Stadium.
Sadly for Zimbabwean music lovers, Majaivana has opted to hang his guitar.

hey, i read the article with interest, but somehow i just gfot some pain i couldn't explain or understand.

one thing though before Isono Sami, majayivana released an album which wasnt very popular - uJazi Manikiniki I think around 1998. I like 2 songs on the album including "Londoloza" the popular wedding song.

But mina ngibona engani uMajayivana singabe singamusekelanga kakhulu ngesikhathi ehlabela. Bengisesemncane then bt i feel more could've bn done.

Nanso-ke Indaba bafowethu umfokaMajaivana kadingwe lapho akhona simazise ukuthi thina abakubo (amaNdebele) siyamfuna njalo kabuyele ekuculeni kwakhe ngokutshetsha. Njengoba bethi use Melika kasimdingeni madoda simazise njalo ukuthi imicimbiyakhe sizayihamba njalo siza nxusa uzulu wonke jikelele ukuthi aze.
Recently the South African president was visiting Brenda Fassie in Hospital emphasising that we neglected our artists in their hour of need. They keep us happy but when they are down , we care less.
Bafowethu elingapho eMelika akelisincede silithole lelijaha lakwaMthwakazi. Bafowethu masingehluleka ukuvuselela uMajaivana, we might as well forget about even dreaming of bigger things. Sithenga oZhakata, sithenga oMtukudzi, sithenga oMapfumo etc. Kulihlazo lokhu. Asizameni majaha silincenge leliqhawe lakithi libuyele emsebenzini walo. Labo abase United Kingdom , pliz, khulumani laboEzra TSHISA , bam promothe kumashows abo lawa abanxusa oMtukudzi every time.

Bengikhuthaza amaDJs esiNdebeleni lapha eGoli ukuthi bamdlale emaClubini lapha uMaji.

I can understand Majee's move to turn his back on showbiz. What should worry us is that they say there's no-one to take his place, kambe uMthwakazi wonke kaselabaculi?

Kodwa ningakhathali, kukhona amakhehla abizwa the Cool Crooners of Bulawayo. Hayi bayayitshaya ingoma lawa makhehla, pure Afro-jazz no bra Hugh usala phansi!

Khohlwani ngamaNdebele apromotha oMtukuzi. Omunye ngale ku newzimbabwe.com wathi oAlbert Nyathi nabo Siyaya kaba gideki yikho epromotha oMtukuzi!

Below, are Majee's lyrics taken from the song 'Ulenkani'

Ulenkani
Heyi wena, bathi ulenkani
Bathi ulenkani, ulenkani
Nawe Mqabuko, bathi ulenkani
Baba Mqabuko, bathi ulenkani
Khangelani naye uMandela, bathi ulenkani
Khangelani lo Mqabuko bathi ulenkani

Wen' osenjingeni, phum' ubukele amagemu
Gemu gemu bo, phum' ubone amagemu
Nawe Mqabuko
phum' ukhangele ama gemu
phum' uzobona amagemu bo
Sambeni kwa Bulawayo, siyobona amagemu
phum' ehofisini uyobukela amagemu
nawe Dabengwa phum' ubone amagemu. (kuzwa)

Khangelani layo itshilamoya
Bathi ilenkani, ilenkani
Itshilamoya, bathi ilenkani
ilenkani x2

Ulenkani
Khangelani bathi ulenkani
ulenkani
Bathi ulenkani
uMqabuko laye uMandela
Bathi ulenkani


Hayi bakwethu, ngabe kulo mkhonto duze kwami ma ngiyidlala le number , ngizwa kushukuma umzimba.

Saduva, I still think Majaivana should be persuaded to play more songs. abahlabeleli bakhona sibili kodwa uMajaivana kasahlabeli, we need him. I will never hear enough Mthwakazi artists, if they were 100000 mthwakazi artists and one stopped, i'd still want to persuade them to come back and say out their message in their own way. omunye maybe uzwa umajaivana ngcono kulomalumakhe unyathi.

Talking of Nyathi, i think his latest offering "Tribute to Joshua Nkomo" iyavuthela! Angikayitholi but i hope to get myself a copy soon.

Ngubani onganginceda ngamalyrics kaDabukamhlaba bakithi?

Bakwethu, akeli size. Kulo mculi wase Zimbabwe okuthwa ngu Somandla Ndebele engimthole ebulenjini lapha. Nxa ngibheka ingoma zakhe, ngezesitshabini zonke, kanjani?

Mhlobo muni lomuntu olegama leSintwini? Ayikho leyodwa ingoma kudlalade zakhe engeye Sintwini. Kanjani?

USomandla Ndebele ulitshabi i think thru unina or something. He's the guy olesandla esisodwa and kukhanya uyaphumelela esitshabini etshaya ingoma laboTongayi Moyo labo Machesu. Ingoma zakhe zideep in istshabi, you may as well forget about him singing in Ndebele. I dont think he can speak ndebele at all, if he comes koNtuthu ngizazama ukum'buza.

Ngithemba uzombuza ngesiNdebele lomuntu, just to highlight the absurdity of his situation. Khuluma naye ngesiNdebele. Usitshele ukuthi utheni.

MAJAIVANA
Umajayivana bakwethu kulamalungiselelo wokuthi abuyele on stage njalo akhona amajaha esindebeleni alegazi elisagijima aseqalile ukukhuluma laye njalo bazimisele ukumupha all the backing angabe eyifuna ukuze lokho kwenzakale. Nxa konke kuhambe ngendlela yakhona uzabe ese UK ngo september and then ngo December engabe etshaya khona kanye phakathi komthwakazi.
Ngizalazisa ngokuya kwesikhathi:

ABAHLABELELI BESINDEBELENI

engingakutsho yikuthi abahlabeleli besindebeleni sebekhona njalo banengi bakwethu okusalayo yikuthi lina balaleli especially abadala Lithanda mculo bani, bakhona o

Lovecent Mhlanga
Sandra Ndebele
IYASA
SIYAYA
Albert Nyathi
Beate Mangethe
Kuxxman
Insingizi
Black umfolosi
Zulu4u
Ramadu & the afro vibes
Abafana bakaskuza
Thabo Nkomo
The cool crooners

bonke labo ngabahlabeleli abadabuka kobulawayo njalo becula ngesindebele okufunekayo yi support evela kini mandebele amahle hayikhona ukuthi liyesapota oMapfumo labo Zhakata liphinde likhale ngokuthi abahlabeleli bakithi abakhanyi ukuthi benzani.

TYMON MABALEKA
Umabaleka nguye ongumthengisi omkhulu ngoba wahlamukela abantu bakibo amandebele since he joined ZMC kafuni ngitsho lakancane ukusebenzelana labantu bako Bulawayo cause he says ingoma zako Bulawayo azithengwa and so on ngakho ke let´s proove him wrong sizenzele.
Ibuhlungu lendaba bakwethu if you think of talented like Busi Ncube, Edwin Hama,George Pahlane Pattie Ncube, Fanyana Dube and Lovemore Majaivana labo yibo okumele ngabe khathesi baphila impilo ephakemeyo ngenxa yomculo but where are they now? wonke lowo kungumlandu ka Tymon Mabaleka ohlezi e ZMC promoting sungura and all sorts of shona music esidla ama royalties abahlabeleli abangaziyo amalungelo abo nxa mani.

mina kodwa ngisola u malume u albert nyathi, nguye okwakumele asale ephethe umthwakazi.
however ngizwe kuthiwa ule album entsha ayi produce lwa ngu dan tshanda we matshikos, asazi ukuthi how far ngayo.
lokhu okungo somandla labo sandra osekungokwe zanu asitshiyaneni lakho.

idlalade lika Albert Nyathi liphumile sibili and it's much better than the last one (eleBosso). it's called tribute to Dr Joshua Mqabuko Nkomo or something like that. sengilizwe kabili i think it's good. I'm hoping to hear more namhla nje khathesi because I'm going emakhosi cultural center for the launch of iplay ka Raisdon Baya. I'll update you bafo on the latest developmens ngearts industry emthwakazi.

Soweto,

Caca mfowethu ngokaMabaleka. Ngizwa ungunguna kuphela ungayitshayi ekhanda. Angimvikeli kodwa ngilokuthandabuza okukhulu ekumsoleni kumbe ekumgconeni kwakho.

siphepheli,
UMabaleka wancindezela abahlabeleli bakoBulawayo okwakumele ukuthi ngabe yibo abaphethe umculo wakithi khathesi. Waphinda wabandezela labo okwakumele amathalenta abo athuthukiswe in terms of recording their works.


Uyayikhumbula ingoma kamajaivana ethi.

kulelilizwe ngake nga shayina kuleli...uTymon engthanda....namhla usengzonda.

You can of course read Majee's interview here

http://www.inkundla.net/ingoma/majee/majee.htm

Bafowethu.

U Majayivana ngu mzukulu ka Albert Nyathi. Yikho labo abazi u Albert lapho akhona, kasincedisaneni sidingeni i Phone number zakhe.

Ukhona njalo umfana ka Majeeee, u Lwazi Tshabangu. Laye umele ayazi i phone ka Majeeeee.

Kuyabongeka ukuthi uMthwakazi akhumbule elinye lamaQHAWE esive.

Lawe Majeeeeeee, nxa uyivakashela le Nkundla, azi ukuthi SISONKE. Akulilethe lelo lizwi esilejwayele.

Li Zwangendaba.

Can l juss add on to the list yamaNdebele Musicians,kuloLWAZI TSHABANGU,who at time of living with him in Harare released an album ethi"KUMNYAMA"Eyibafethu nguAnkeli he needs your support,l heard he is working on New album kulamalanga

Mawundlu kaMalandela!

Eish bakwethu, kuthe ngenkathi ngisafunda esigodlweni sakwaMgodoyi, kwavuka iqembu lomculo wesiNtu. Leliqembu belinabafana ababili. Lakhipha icwecwe (album) ebelishis' izikhotha. Igama laleliqembu bekuwuFasimba . Iculo labo engisalikhumbula lithi, 'Street kid' . Like lavela komabonakude (TV) i-video lika 'Street kid' . Nayo uqobo lwayo ingoma ethi 'Ufasimba' beyimnandi.

Kamuva kwalelicwecwe, angikakaze ngizwe ngabo futhi.

Ukhona ongabe esalikhumbula leliqembu? Bangabe bashonaphi abafana boFasimba bakwethu?

IsiZulu sithi: inkunzi isematholeni . Ngempela. Ngoba bebesebancane nje labafana, yibona okulindeleke ukuthi babenentshisekelo yokubamba iqhaza ekuthuthukiseni umculo weSintu. Bebenekhono njalo umucu wabo uyisigqi sakwaNtu.

Nangomuso.

uMntongenakudla kaNgogwane waKwaDlangezwa.
Inxangiphilile.
KwelikaMthaniya.

Nxausitsho labana ababesi "ngentandane, sikhuluma ngentandane", I last saw one on TV some time ago beinterviewer nguJohn Phiri (u remember uMzala - "ratabula Msharukwa" to Erick Knight), I think indlala yala ekhaya yalidiliza lelanaqhembu. one guy usengumbalisi emakhya ebeitbridge omunye uzama impilo eMasvingo. I entertainment indutry then ibingakabi matured ukuthi ingaphilisa umuntu, ikakhulu ohlabela isiNdebele.

Mbulawa

Hheshe wena weLembe!

'Sikhuluma ngentandane lezi....!

Eish, waze wayihaya kamnandi mntakwethu. Ngisho bona ngempela! Kwaze kwabuhlungu ukuzwa ukuthi kabasaculi. Isizwe silahlekelwe ngempela.

UMntongenakudla kaNgogwane waKwaDlangezwa.
Inxangiphilile.
KwelikaMthaniya

Manene namanenekazi!

Nginibengele bandla eliphakathi.

Ngithanda ukwazi: wayaphi uMfolosi omnyama ? Ngisho i-Black Umfolosi Entertainment .

A few months back, I read the New African magazine interview with one of the ex/current members. He said he was the leader. He looked battered and not doing well at all. Apparently he is in England, in some form of exile – though he was quick to categorically deny being a refugee.

What’s up with the group? Are they hibernating noma sebakhathala ngezomculo? Mina ngibakhumbula from long back ngise secondary school. Then they were young and vibrant! And vele besebenesikhathi eside becula. Kungabe mhlasimbe sebaguga, bahlukana nezomculo?

Sizani bandla! Umucu wabo bewumnandi ngempela.

uMntongenakudla kaNgogwane waKwaDlangezwa.
uVeyane.
okaShiy' osefile.
Inkwali yenkosi.
uMtubatuba kaSomkhele.
uShamase kaNdonga.

Inxangiphilile.
KwelikaMthaniya.

Well Omfolosi abamnyama basakhona and they're doing well, escpcially on the international scene. They hardly perfom locally. Searching for "Black Umfolosi" ku google.com yields a lot of results and most of the pages are quite recent, evidence that bakhona active. Ngikutholele amanye amalinks a-recent, nanka:

http://www.utusan.com.my/utusan/content.asp?y=2004&dt=0604&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Entertainment&pg=en_02.htm

http://www.star-ecentral.com/news/story.asp?file=/2004/6/28/music/8297803&sec=music

Inkani isesekhona koMthwakazi. Fika la ubone.

http://www.radiodialogue.com/index.html

I still feel ukuthi we are a bit too harsh in our judgement on uMabaleka. In my experience as a manager and being of Mthwakazian origin, ukusebenza esigodlweni sakoMgo kwakungathambanga bafowethu yikho libona sakhetha ukuphephela nje. Ngokumazi kwami okaGaluza ngabe i age yayimvumela ngabe laye uku'diaspora' kodwa ngenxa yokukhula the best he could do was 'toe the line' kaMgo. Uthwele nzima lapho akhona umfokaMabaleka, upika egqoke ezakhe.

Mina ngakhetha ukuphephela ngoba lami ngasengigcotshwa ngebhizha likamvundla as it were ngabakwethu who from all appearances thought I wielded a lot of influence emsebenzini wami, kanti nix! Most times managers of Mthwakazian origins are just figure heads koMgo. They can only apply their expertise (of which reason they are employed in the first place) but no 'decisions'.

Yikho ngisithi mayuyu bafowethu singayibambeli emasekweni ngabafowethu abakoMgo.

Bafowethu ngidinga undoda owayehlabela kamnandi ngisesemfitshane okuthiwa ngu Martin Ndlovu iqembu lakhe lalithiwa yi search brothers uma nginga phambanisi Ingoma yakho eyayidumile yayisithi
wanyathela igazi lezimbabwe waze watshelela
awole wole, gwabi gwabi salithatha.........

ongabe emazi kumbe ekwazi lapha akhona ncedani badala lingazize.

Mavusana!

Heita daar kau!
Sharp kunjani skeem sami?
Zikhiphani me broer?


Awu nxese kodwa nkos' yami. Xola kodwa baba. Lendoda okhuluma ngayo seyadlula emhlabeni. Sekuyiminyaka cishe eyishumi nomuvo ishonile.

Awu bandla, ngikhumbula lendoda ivela komabonakude (TV) iphethwe yisifo sofuba (TB). Beselidumela emansumpeni elokufa. Ma ebuzwa yintatheli ukuthi sifo sini esimhaqile, okaGatsheni wathi ena, odokotela bachaze ukuthi i-TB yakhe ibangelwe yi 'dust yokucula'.
Awu kodwa nkos' yami!

Ngendlela engambona eyiyona ekuveleni kwakhe kuleyo TV interview, ngaqagela ukuthi mhlasimbe ubephethwe wumashayabhuqe. Angazi njalo - mhlasimbe ngisenga nezimithi!

Mavusana - akuhlanga lungehlanga mnakwethu.

uMntongenakudla kaNgogwane waKwaDlangezwa.
Inkwali yenkosi.

Inxangiphilile.
KwelikaMthaniya.