Cultural festival a jolly affair

Xibelani Projects concluded heritage month in style by hosting a cultural show held at the Tzaneen Showgrounds on Saturday.

October 5, 2018

Tintswalo Shipalana 1 minute read

The Living Rock performing during the Xibelani Cultural Show in Tzaneen.

The festivities began on Wednesday, September 26 at the Nkowankowa Community Hall where primary school learners competed against each other in traditional dances.

The competition was in two categories; the Xibelani category (Xitsonga traditional dance) and Sekhapa dance (Sepedi traditonal dance).

On Friday evening, a gala dinner was held at Hotel@Tzaneen in preparation of the main event. It started Saturday morning with a gospel festival and concluded with a house, kwaito and hip hop event in the evening.

DJ Ganyani, Precious Mangena (First Lady of GTM) and GTM Mayor, Maripe Mangena, with some locals.

Even though the crowd did not attend as expected, all the artists that were on the line up list performed at the event.

The line up included; DJ Ganyani, Ntokozo Mbambo, Benny Mayengani, local artist Omee Otis and many more.

Program directors; Kulani Mlangeni, Jamela Makelana and Lesley Musina.

Local radio presenters, Kulani Mlangeni and Jamela Makelana, together with TV personality Lesley Muni, directed the program.

Tinyiko Mushwana was one of the lucky winners who won a smartphone by attending the event.

“I’m so happy and grateful for the phone,” Mushwana explained.

The Mayor of Greater Tzaneen Municipality, Maripe Mangena, also graced the occasion with his presence together with the First Lady, Precious Mangena.

The Mayor applauded Kenny Shivambu, the organiser of the cultural show and says he hopes that the event can be an annual one.

October 5, 2018

Tintswalo Shipalana 1 minute read

Emelda Tintswalo Shipalana

Tintswalo Shipalana, a journalist for the Letaba Herald, has been in the media industry for over a decade. She started her journey in radio, but ended up in print which is her first love. She joined the Herald newspaper as a cadet in 2016, where she graduated with a journalism qualification from the Caxton Training Academy. She also has a qualification in Feature Writing from the University of Cape Town and a Media Management qualification from Wits University. She is completing her BA Communication Science degree with UNISA. She sleeps well at night knowing she is a voice to the voiceless and her work contributes to promoting local talent, businesses and service delivery. Her love for her community keeps her working hard every day.