UMakuzeni ngumdlali wetrombonist waseMzantsi Afrika, umntu oculayo kunye nomqambi odibanisa i-jazz, umculo wesiXhosa kunye nomphefumlo kunye ne-electronic loops kunye nokukhohlisa isandi. Umboniso wakhe ngowobuchule belizwi kunye nobuchule bokwenza umfuniselo kangangoko anako - kwaye umphandle weentaba zaseSwartberg kunzima ukoyisa.
Olu luhambo oluya kuMnyhadala weJazz ka-2025 ozalise idolophu yonke ngomculo, inkuthazo nomoya woluntu ukusuka nge-1-4 kuMeyi. Kodwa uninzi lwethu aluze lubone ngasemva-kwezigcawu kunye neqela elithe cwaka lenze umcimbi onje. Ngokusebenzisana nePrince Albert Community Trust (PACT), uMasipala wasePrince Albert ube negalelo ekuqinisekiseni ukuba lo msitho udlamkileyo wenkcubeko uqhuba kakuhle.
Igalelo elingundoqo ibizinzame zabo ekulungiseleleni iThiyetha yaseKrittikom Koppie, inkwari esetyenzisiweyo ngokutsha, ukulungiselela iKonsathi yasimahla yaBantu ngomhla woku-1 kuCanzibe. Bacoca inkunkuma kwaye baqinisekisa ukhuseleko, beyila indawo emangalisayo yomdlalo wetrombone waseMakuzeni ekuphumeni kwelanga.
Uqhankqalazo oluphuma kwiZiko lePACT, elikhokelwa yiLaingsburg Brass Band, lizise izihlwele zabantwana abachulumancisayo eKrittikom, apho iKaroo Blues Band, iZolani Choir, Oom Tallie, Prince Albert Vastrappers kunye nezenzo ezimangalisayo zenze kwade kwasemini, zisenza ithoni yovuyo. Abantwana bacula, badanisa kwaye babechukumisekile yimidlalo, ngokucacileyo bayonwabela yonke imizuzu yayo.
Emva komboniso, umasipala usebenze ngokungadinwa, efumana iimpepha-mvume zeendawo ezifana neCawa yeNG kunye nokulawula ukungena kweendlela ukugcina umnyhadala uqhuba kakuhle. Iqela lethu liqokelele inkunkuma kwaye laqinisekisa ukuba izibane ziyasebenza. Le misebenzi idla ngokungabonakali yayifuna ukucwangciswa ngenyameko nolungelelwaniso, ukuqinisekisa ukuba iindwendwe nabahlali ngokufanayo banokusonwabela eso siganeko ngaphandle kokuphazamiseka.
Iziganeko ezifana nale zixhobisa ulutsha lwasekuhlaleni, kunye ne-J2J enikezela ngoqeqesho kulawulo lwesiganeko kunye nokuveliswa komculo, ukukhuthaza izakhono kunye nokudala amathuba. Iphakamisa uqoqosho lweNkosana Albert kwaye iqaqambisa ubuhle bomhlaba wethu. Iinzame zeqela lonke ziqinisekise ukuba i-J2J 2025 ibingumbhiyozo womculo kunye nomanyano, nto leyo eyenza idolophu yethu ibe yindawo esinebhongo ngayo ukuyibiza ngokuba likhaya lethu. Enkosi, uMasipala wasePrince Albert, ngendima yakho ebalulekileyo ekuphileni lo mnyhadala!
