Singer Rethabile Khumalo is making ready to honour her late mom, Winnie Khumalo, with a particular live performance that may rejoice what would have been the veteran’s thirtieth anniversary within the music trade.
Winnie, who handed away on 7 January after years of battling well being problems, had dreamed of marking her three a long time in music.
Although her premature passing lower these plans quick, her daughter is decided to fulfil her needs.
Throughout a current go to to her mom’s grave, Rethabile discovered the motivation to show the thought into actuality.
“I spoke to her as if she have been nonetheless right here. I thanked her for all the pieces she gave me and promised to make her proud,” she informed Sunday World.
“Visiting her grave is all the time emotional, but it surely’s additionally grounding. It jogs my memory that she’s nonetheless watching over me.”
The Dwell My Life hitmaker revealed that the occasion, titled Dwell Your Life Legacy Live performance, will happen on 4 October at Soweto Meat Lovers Restaurant & Bar Lounge in Protea Glen.
The road-up will function artists who have been near Winnie and shared the stage along with her through the years, together with Sello “Chicco” Twala, DJ Sbu, Trompies, and Nokwazi Dlamini.
“The road-up is made up of individuals she cherished and admired and a few whom she shared the stage with up to now,” Rethabile defined.
Winnie Khumalo’s profession started when she was a younger lady, ultimately turning into a sought-after backing vocalist for icons like Brenda Fassie, Brothers of Peace, and Pure Magic.
For Rethabile, music was all the time her mom’s lifeline.
“Music was my mom’s heartbeat – it’s how she expressed herself and linked with folks,” she mentioned.
“There was no higher strategy to honour her than by way of a present the place her story, voice, and affect may dwell on. A celebration permits us to recollect her joyfully, lively, and never simply the painful interval we’re experiencing in her absence.”