A moment with Vryheid’s ‘dancing couple’

WHETHER in a social media post or around the busy streets of Vryheid, at some point, every Vryheider has probably come across the wonder that is the town’s ‘dancing couple’.

The pair, who walk about the streets of Vryheid dancing to entertain and as a means to keep themselves fed, have become an integral part of Vryheid that is actually quite hard to overlook.

After days of trying to track them down, the Vryheid Herald was able to find the pair doing what they do best at Vryheid Plaza.

Sthembile Mthethwa and her partner, Madlisa Mthembu, are originally from the rural parts of Paulpietersburg.

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“We started our singing and dancing in Paulpietersburg, but soon had to leave the town as the people there did not take any notice of us. We came to Vryheid to try our luck here, and honestly, the appreciation and support from the people was really amazing,” explained Sthembile.

The pair said that they found it funny how people from Paulpietersburg only started to take notice of them now that they are ‘famous’ in Vryheid.

“We have travelled back there a few times recently and the response has been completely different,” she said.

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The pair said that they started working together in 2017, and although they initially performed to pass time, the singing and dancing has fast become the means by which they make a living.

“We get donations from people all around town who appreciate what we do. We are now able to buy food and other basic items we need with that money,” the couple explained.

On whether or not they knew how much popularity they have gained on social media platforms such as Facebook and Instagram, the two briefly looked at each other before turning in confused unison and asking, “Fes’bhuku?!”