Dreams are valid!Former president to give musicians a run for their money

Former South African president Jacob Zuma will soon be joining music industry as he is planning to record his music in 2019.

An official says Zuma, who resigned in February, will in April record “his trademark struggle songs” from the fight against South African apartheid, the system of white minority rule that ended in 1994.

Thembinkosi Ngcobo, an official in the municipality that includes Durban, says on Twitter that he visited Zuma and “sealed a deal to preserve our heritage through song”.

Ngcobo said Zuma will record tunes including one that demands the return of land, a song that resonates among many black South Africans demanding land reform to redress grievances from the painful era of white domination.

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Zuma was forced to quit after South Africa’s ruling party, embarrassed by corruption scandals, turned against him.

He said the plan was to have Zuma record in April a number of Struggle songs including his now popular Umhlaba’wethu, which he sang at the funeral of former president Nelson Mandela.“We thought when this guy sings everybody sits back and listens.

“Whether you agree or disagree with his politics, his singing unites people as nobody says negative things about his singing,” he said.

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He said his department in the municipality took the initiative to preserve Zuma’s heritage before his death.

“We are only hoping that after his first experience of recording live he can have an appetite to do other recordings, which will benefit South Africans,” he said.

Among people who accompanied Ngcobo to Nkandla were Duma ka Ndlovu, the creator of popular soapie Muvhango and Mandla KaNozulu Kheswa, a Lamontville cultural activist.

“I approached Duma ka Ndlovu since he understands TV because I need the production to be suitable for TV as well,” he said.

 

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