Umculi kaMaskandi odume kakhulu kulelizwe lakithi aphinde abe nezinkumbi zabalandeli lapho mebehlangene bazibiza ngesizwe samaBlue Nation nesiholwa inkosi yabo uKhuzane Ndlamlenze Mpungose. Lesizwe samaBlue Nation sesimemezele ingqopha mlando lapho iqhawe laso liqokelwe kwiMklomelo yabaculi ezinze ezweni laseMelika.
Indlamlenze Development Foundation nokuyisikhwama sakhe lomculi imemezele ukuqokwa kweQhawe laso kulomhlanganiselo wemiklomelo. Lapho likhiphe umbiko okanje.
UKhuzani Mpungose uqokwe ezigabeni ezimbili ezinkulu ku-Hollywood And African Prestigious Awards (HAPAwards) 2025.
Usuku: 16 Okthoba 2025, Nkandla, South Africa — I-Indlamlenze Development Foundation imemezela ngokuziqhenya ukuthi isihlabani sase-Afrika kuMaskandi uKhuzani Mpungose uqokwe emikhakheni emibili yamazwe ngamazwe kuma-Hollywood and African Prestigious Awards (HAPAwards) 2025, azoba seLos Angeles, USA.
UKhuzani useqokwe emikhakheni ethi: Best Independent Artist (African) neBest Male Artist (African)
Lokhu kuqokwa kugqamisa ithonya lakhe elivelele emculweni wase-Afrika, ukungaguquguquki kwakhe njengenxusa lamasiko, kanye nezwi lakhe elinamandla eliqhubeka nokuhlanganisa uMaskandi wendabuko nokuqashelwa emhlabeni jikelele.
Ama-HAPAward abungaza ithalente elikhethekile elivela e-Afrika kanye nabase-Afrika abahlakazekile, bebonga abantu abenze igalelo elibalulekile kwezobuciko, ezokuzijabulisa, kanye nokuthuthukiswa komphakathi. Isungulwe ngo-2017 futhi isingathwa minyaka yonke e-Los Angeles, le miklomelo isiphenduke inkundla yomhlaba wonke ekhulisa ubuhle base-Afrika, ihlanganisa abadali abavela ezwenikazi nontanga yabo eHollywood. Lo mcimbi uheha abantu bamazwe ngamazwe, izicukuthwane, nabaholi bezokuzijabulisa abaqaphela iminikelo yamasiko nenhlalo yabantu base-Afrika.
Ukuqashelwa kukaKhuzani kuleli zinga kuphawula isikhathi esichazayo seMaskandi — uhlobo olwake lwaphelela kubabukeli besifunda oseluzuze indawo yalo emhlabeni. Ukuqokwa kwakhe kwe-HAPAwards kumelela okungaphezu kokuqashelwa kwezobuciko; iqinisekisa isifiso somhlaba wonke sokuxoxa izindaba zangempela zase-Afrika ngomculo.
“Ukuqashelwa esiteji samazwe ngamazwe njengama-HAPAward kuyisibusiso kanye nokubonakaliswa kokuthi umculo kaMaskandi usuhambe ibanga elingakanani. Lokhu kuhlonishwa kungokwabo bonke abasekeli abakholelwa ohambweni lomsindo wangempela wase-Afrika, kusho uKhuzani Mpungose.
Ekhuluma kabanzi ngale ndondo, uKhuzani ucabange ukuthi lesi sikhathi asisho ukuthini kuyena kuphela, kodwa kubaculi base-Afrika bebonke.
“Lokhu kuqokwa kuwubufakazi bokuthi umsindo wethu, ozalelwe ezigodini futhi oqhutshwa ezizukulwaneni ngezizukulwane, ungama ngokuziqhenya ezigabeni zomhlaba. Kukhombisa ukuthi umculo wase-Afrika, osesimweni sawo sangempela, awudingi ukuhunyushwa — ukhuluma ngqo enhliziyweni,” wengeza.
Uhambo lukaKhuzani’ luyindaba yokuphikelela, ukusungula izinto ezintsha, nobuholi. Uzalelwe wakhulela eNkandla, usephenduke igama elidumile e-Afrika yonkana, edayisa izindawo ezinkulu futhi eqopha namarekhodi amasha okuba khona emadolobheni afana neTheku, iGoli, noMgungundlovu. Imicimbi yakhe yaminyaka yonke ye-Gcwalisa Spring Picnic All White and Blue Nation Festival iheha amashumi ezinkulungwane zabalandeli — okufakazela ukuthi uMaskandi akaphili nje kuphela kodwa uyachuma emakethe yesimanje, eqhutshwa yintsha.
Kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, uKhuzani wephule imigoqo eminingi yezimboni. Ama-albhamu akhe abelokhu ethola isikhundla seplatinamu, okumenza abe ngomunye wabalandeli abakhulu emculweni wesintu wase-Afrika. Uphakathi kwabaculi abambalwa abazimele abaye baqhubeka nokubusa kwezohwebo ngaphandle kwelebula elikhulu elisekela i-— ubufakazi bokuzimela kwakhe kokudala nokuxhumana okuqinile nezilaleli zakhe.
Ngelebula nokunyakaza kwakhe, i-Indlamlenze Development Foundation, kanye nengalo yakhe yokusiza umphakathi, i-Indlamlenze Foundation, uKhuzani uyaqhubeka nokuthuthukisa imiphakathi ngomculo, imfundo, kanye namaphrojekthi okuthuthukisa. Isisekelo sakhe siqhuba izinhlelo zokufundisa abaculi abasebasha, sisekela ukulondolozwa kwamasiko emiphakathini yasemakhaya, futhi sibambe iqhaza ezinhlelweni zezenhlalakahle ezikhuthaza ukuthuthukiswa kwentsha. Ukuqokwa kwakhe kwe-HAPAwards kumile njengokuqashelwa hhayi nje ngobuciko bakhe, kodwa nomthelela wakhe obanzi emphakathini.
Eminyakeni yakamuva, uKhuzani usebenzise inkundla yakhe ukuchaza kabusha ukuthi kusho ukuthini ukuba yiciko lesimanje lase-Afrika — ehlanganisa iMaskandi yendabuko nemisindo yesimanje, kuyilapho ehlala egxile kakhulu kumagugu. Ukuxoxa kwakhe izindaba, ukuba khona esiteji, kanye nekhono lokuxhumana nezithameli ngezilimi zonke kumenze wahlonishwa hhayi eNingizimu Afrika kuphela kodwa ezwenikazi lonke.
Mayelana noKhuzani Mpungose
UKhuzani Mpungose owaziwa ngelikaKing Khuba, uyiciko elihlomule izindondo eziningi ithonya lalo seliguqule isimo somculo weMaskandi wase-Afrika. Ikhathalogi yakhe ihlanganisa ama-albhamu amaningi aphezulu eshadini nokusebenzisana okumbeke njengophawu lokuqina nobuqiniso bamasiko. Eminyakeni edlule, usewine imiklomelo eminingi ye-Best Maskandi Album, Song of the Year, kanye ne-Artist of the Year — ekhombisa ukubusa kwakhe okuqhubekayo embonini yomculo eqhudelanayo.
Ngaphandle kobuciko bakhe, uKhuzani uthathwa kabanzi njengomholi wamasiko kanye nombono. Imisebenzi yakhe ayikona nje ukuzijabulisa — kuyimikhuba yokuziqhenya, ubuwena, kanye nenkumbulo. Ngokuziphatha kwakhe okungenakuqhathaniswa, ukuthobeka, nokuzinikela emsebenzini wakhe wezandla, uyaqhubeka nokukhuthaza isizukulwane sentsha yase-Afrika ebona kuye ibhuloho eliphilayo phakathi kwesiko nenqubekelaphambili.