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Mzansi Divas

Written by blackchild from the blog Blackchild's Talk on 02 Nov 2009
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People of Mzansi have so much talent to offer, one of the most celebrated being Music.These Young female artists of this country are awesome with amazing voices. The list below that i have compiled is my favourite female artists, whom i urge everyone to support. I would like all yall Bloggers to give your lists of your favourites & y do u like them.(in no particular order)

Forgive me Daughters & Sons of the soil if there arent pictures,im struggling to download them, eish blame it on technology!)

1. Zonke Dikana
zonke

Good music with a beautiful voice,1st album (Life,Love & music)excellent.

2. Nhlanhla Nciza

We love the way she presents herself - she has her own style. She knows good music.

3. Lira
So far she has a successful music career. Talented.

4. Thandiswa

Love the fact that as much as this is bussiness, she does it for the love. Sales arent too much of a priority! (she said somethin like that)

5.Zamajobe
Thank goodness she didnt win Idols. Amazing voice,lets support.

6.Siphokazi
Besides the horrible dresses, shame lo mfazi can sing. Her music grounds us.

7.KB Motsilenyane

im proud of her. She is proud of her culture, amazing voice.

- Then theres artists whose controversy dominates than their talent...maybe its time they do something about it coz we love their voices more: Bucie, & Tina. Listen to them, theres too much talent there.

-Wanda Baloyi & Ntokozo Masinga- Amazing voices, ure record companies need to market your albums more, lot of people dont know uve released new albums.

-Then theres talent that has disappeared: Thiwe(999 lady-remember her) apparently she is a call centre agent) some record co. has to rescue her.

-Where is Swazi Dlamini & Vicky Vilakazi: we miss u gospel sistaz.

58 Comments

GML
03 Nov 2009 09:38

Would have been a fab article with pictures.

I love Lira, Siphokazi and Thandiswa.

They really love what they do, it shines through their work

ms.tebby
03 Nov 2009 09:43

KB Motsilenyane
im proud of her. She is proud of her culture, amazing voice>>>wanna know more about this culture...still reading

madleza
03 Nov 2009 09:46

nna i just love thembi seete beautiful talented great dancer she has to be the sexiest woman of mzanzi and why i don't see chomi

ms.tebby
03 Nov 2009 09:50

Thandiswa, Lira & Siphokazi....oooh great voices
I love Nhlanhla, she has taste for good music but her voice is just "nje" for me.
Swazi's latest offering is good too, maybe coz i love jazz...and i miss Vicky too B.Child...great article, please try to add pics..

TheLady
03 Nov 2009 10:00

Am I the only one who is not feeling Zamajobe and KB?

I love Thembisile and Kelly Khumalo's voices

Oh yeah I enjoyed Wanda Baloyi's first album.

Uhm daughter/son of the soil are you saying Zonke is better than Lira/Siphokazi etc?

Lex
03 Nov 2009 10:16

Zonke's sister,Lulu is also a talented singer,I really love her voice.Even though she is not cosmetically gifted,mara vocally wa di busa.

Tholi
03 Nov 2009 10:23

I'm glad Camagwini is NOT on the list, cos she scares the hell outa me!!!

Siphokazi,Thandiswa and Nhlanhla Ncinza are my fav Music Divas.

Wanda Baloyi reminds me of..
♫White * Super Maize meal♫
♫White * Sondela nganeno♫
♫Move to the taste♫
♫Move to the energy♫

Sslave
03 Nov 2009 10:32

Ke a go leboga ngwana wa thari entsho for not including Unathi on this list. That poor woman cant sing to save her life. Whoever lied to her that she can sing made a very big mistake because she and her few fans think she can sing. Everytime i hear her singing (especially that mother's love song) i get sick. Please sisi stick to radio, your day/afternoon job.. She's quite a lovely person anyway!!!

madleza
03 Nov 2009 10:43

what about khanyisile mbau

cleve
03 Nov 2009 10:44

Wanda Baloyi reminds me of..
♫White * Super Maize meal♫
♫White * Sondela nganeno♫
♫Move to the taste♫
♫Move to the energy♫

kwa kwa kwa kwa samw here yazi..............

KB is just a failure music wise, I like her as a person

Kelly's voice Rocks I like her a lot

ms.tebby
03 Nov 2009 10:45

LOL LOL LOL @ Sslave
why are you not saying anything about diva Khanyi Mbau? lol lol lol

ms.tebby
03 Nov 2009 10:47

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Tjo! blockers! you have nothing to say about these divas?

HARAMBE24
03 Nov 2009 10:50

Black child.....i have to ask, what makes one a Diva? I think some of these girls on your list can sing, while others do wobble infront of a microphone...but none of them are yet to be deemed as Divas. I for one cringe when these teeny boopers gals are called Divas. A diva is a singer that has had long reign as a singer, with outstanding talent and longetivity within the business....most of these kids on the list have not been singing for longer than a decade and yet we coin them divas....Brenda was a Diva, not Zamajobe - maybe in 2030....LOL

Tholi
03 Nov 2009 10:55

((KB is just a failure music wise, I like her as a person))

Me two Cleve, she should stik to acting atleast.
Like Thembi seete, that kid can't sing, she should ask Chomee for a job as a her Dancer. lol

ms.tebby
03 Nov 2009 10:57

LOL madleza we had the same thought!

ms.tebby
03 Nov 2009 11:08

done my part to try to give the article life....>>>lemme get back to work now

Hie Harambe *jumping up & down*

Green.arrow
03 Nov 2009 11:11

there defs is sista loaded with talent mo gae....i love that most of them ahve their own identity and its primarily south african.

Ba kew baratang: Siphokazi, Zamajobe, Thandiswa, i love bongi dube's voice, Swazi dlamini....loove her...Nhlanhla. indoda ayikhale - i love this song....
but bosistas r doing in it 4 themselves.....nd im proud...

calamity
03 Nov 2009 11:12

Agree HARAMBE24, These days when you behave badly and make outrageous demands you are called a diva.
Everytime i hear her singing (especially that mother's love song) i get sick.
Lol Sslave, whoever told unathi that she can sing really needs serious professional help. It is just so painful to listen to her singing. She even performs live, oh the horror!!

kiki X
03 Nov 2009 11:12

Hayi ke.......TJO........NO COMMENT

lady gaga
03 Nov 2009 11:22

KB good singer NOOOOO ways!!!! ke a gana.

myname
03 Nov 2009 11:23

I don't know Wanda Baloyi, shame

Anyway Morning guys

cleve
03 Nov 2009 11:24

Harambe I so agree with you too............. in SA we just throw the word DIVA around and has lost it's true meaning. Mama Africa was a Diva............. Lebo Mathosa was a DIVA and was very successful in the music business. SHe lasted till the day she died............ Who's Camagwini.......... or Zonke don't think i know any of their songs

HARAMBE24
03 Nov 2009 11:27

The problem is that these gals will only release 3 albums in a 5 years...you cant deem someone a diva ona debut album..haikhona....i think Lira has piad her dues, from singing for a freak like Arthur to being broke...but her talent kept her going. As for Nhlanhla - i am not so sure about her singing, she pulled a Diana Ross and married her producer...go figure....

ps: Ms Chaka Chaka is not a Diva, she has failed to move with time...she is still stuck in singing Thank you mister dj for playing that song...in 2009, nogal.

Miriam Makeba was a Diva...so is Letta Mbuli....

GML
03 Nov 2009 11:27

I'm glad I didnt bring up the Unathi story.

The girl cannot sing.

I'm not feeling Nhlanhla Nciza as a solo artist. I prefer her as part of Mafikizolo

Green.arrow
03 Nov 2009 11:28

Unathi.....i just thought maybe i dont understand her sound......everytime i hear her sing one eyebrow goes up nd i dont know what to say`...
And now....Khabonina is also singing?????......

I dont understand gore why is it tht when people make some impression in this small SA entertainment industry...they wanna try to do everything......
Khabo is a gr8 actor/dancer......Unathi is good at the radio thingy
Phila is also going to sing just when he was making a name as a presenter/actor
Some kid on craze said yesterday he wants to produce an album...
I lost count of such stories....

Now this tripple+ thread thingy works sometimes (very few cases) BUT sometimes it ends up looking like ADD...nd the artists tend to loose credibility for even that one thing they do best.....
I applaud eddie murphy for not cutting an album simply bcos he can sing ( dream girls)...but focusing in his major crafts....

Or maybe im missing something......?

myname
03 Nov 2009 11:29

Kanti guys where is Queen of Kwaito.....Ms Mshoza or Mrs Msibi/Misibi or Chommy????

Cande
03 Nov 2009 11:29

I think Thandiswa is loosing the plot, trying too much to be Busi Mhlongo... Her lateest offering is not on, Zabalaza was the Thandiswa i knew and i still wait for the day when she comes to her senses... Whoever said this sangomaish songs sell, lied to her

Green.arrow
03 Nov 2009 11:36

I agree with u guys about the definition of a diva......some of the sistas have started well.....but some do still have a lot to prove to be coined divas

Ladygaga....i feel u on KB..but then again i thought i dont understand her sound.....

offtopic:..but there is this UK x factor band...Miss Frank..still rough arround the edges,but those girls are awesum nd different....

madleza
03 Nov 2009 11:39

i think authi ye ya nhlanhla ke yona e bolayang career ya gagwe mafikizolo is great

Green.arrow
03 Nov 2009 11:40

ditto Cande....i realy thought i was loosing my music ear.....im soo stuck in the 90s nd early 2000s....nd very little recent music

GML
03 Nov 2009 11:42

Whoever said this sangomaish songs sell, lied to her

hawu Cande. I like Ingoma. It's a nice song.

HARAMBE24
03 Nov 2009 11:42

Green.arrow mina i am with you...i once told some gay queen...that as good as Beyonce is as a singer, she is no Diva...give her twenty more years in the game and tell me she can still sing.... A diva is Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin and bo Gladys Knight etc..those women have paid their dues, they are the divas....not bo Britney

cleve
03 Nov 2009 11:47

Cande nami I don't like Thandiswa's new songs, she is too sangomarish for me. Zabalza was a brilliant album that catered for everyone............

UNhlanhla and her music carreer is dead. She needs Teo coz now it shows who exactly made that group Mafikizolo

LOL @ Lira

Cande
03 Nov 2009 11:48

im not only talking about the ingoma song GML, i mean the other songs in the album are sooo NOT Thandiswa!!

Look at Siphokazi for an example, her kind of music from the first & 2nd album are still doing her good coz she has her own style and not trying to be someone else..

MAfikizolo i thought they were gonna release soon but when Nhlanhla released her second solo album i just lost hope! They need to bring us a killer come back album maan!

Cande
03 Nov 2009 11:53

i think authi ye ya nhlanhla ke yona e bolayang career ya gagwe mafikizolo is great
Yeah i think they keep releasing her albums just for the sake of TS, maara she also has an obligation with Kalawa Jazmee doesnt she???

TheLady
03 Nov 2009 11:55

I thought I'm the only one who's not gonna own Thandiswa's ingoma...

My ex once said most singers first albums are really good coz it took them years to write the songs and perfect them...the 2nd album is crap coz they don't get 20 yrs to write the songs...so true with Simphiwe Dana, Thandiswa, Zonke and Zamajobe (well I didn't like the first album..she breathes weirdly nje ungathi she's having some marathon sex)

If Ntsiki Mazwai happens to google herself again and lands here..easy dear, it's not black on black hate uyabona nawe asikubalanga kulelist...

blueroze
03 Nov 2009 12:08

Uhm daughter/son of the soil are you saying Zonke is better than Lira/Siphokazi etc?

Even though she is not cosmetically gifted,mara vocally wa di busa.

I'm glad Camagwini is NOT on the list, cos she scares the hell outa me!!!

Wanda Baloyi reminds me of..
♫White * Super Maize meal♫
♫White * Sondela nganeno♫
♫Move to the taste♫
♫Move to the energy♫

KB is just a failure music wise

I'm glad I didnt bring up the Unathi story.

whoever told unathi that she can sing really needs serious professional help. It is just so painful to listen to her singing. She even performs live, oh the horror!!

I think Thandiswa is loosing the plot, trying too much to be Busi Mhlongo... Her lateest offering is not on, Zabalaza was the Thandiswa i knew and i still wait for the day when she comes to her senses... Whoever said this sangomaish songs sell, lied to her

i think Lira has piad her dues, from singing for a freak like Arthur to being broke...but her talent kept her going. As for Nhlanhla - i am not so sure about her singing, she pulled a Diana Ross and married her producer...go figure....

I think some of these girls on your list can sing, while others do wobble infront of a microphone

Who's Camagwini.......... or Zonke don't think i know any of their songs

Like Thembi seete, that kid can't sing

Unathi is good at the radio thingy

kwa kwa kwa kwa to everything said above
i love love these answer

Tholi
03 Nov 2009 12:10

(((((If Ntsiki Mazwai happens to google herself again and lands here..easy dear, it's not black on black hate uyabona nawe asikubalanga kulelist...)))))

yes TheLady, we don't want what happened HERE to happen again...lol

blueroze
03 Nov 2009 12:12

If Ntsiki Mazwai happens to google herself again and lands here..easy dear, it's not black on black hate uyabona nawe asikubalanga kulelist...

maweeeeeeee
hi hi hi hi hi hi h i hi
TL you rock like that:)

myname
03 Nov 2009 12:30

"Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustla
Of a hustla, of a, of a hustla
Na, na, na, diva is a female version of a hustla
Of a hustla, of a, of a hustla "

baby e
03 Nov 2009 12:53

@ Cleve regarding Nthlahla spot on. you took words right out of my mouth.
She is not good as a solo artist.

Thandiswa i feel robbed ka the lates album. How ca we wait for more than 2 years for a 10 tracked album. But i love the fact that she loves music.

Vesa
03 Nov 2009 13:24

If Ntsiki Mazwai happens to google herself again and lands here..easy dear, it's not black on black hate uyabona nawe asikubalanga kulelist...

Lol!!!!

Lex
03 Nov 2009 13:28

I don't think I'd ever buy Thandiswa's cd's,her arrogance just puts me off.She is vocally gifted ena,but...

Wena Blueroze o stout,LOL!

blackchild
03 Nov 2009 13:41

@ms.tebby: struggling to load pictures
eish i forgot Thembisile, shame she is good as well.
@ Thelady,the list is in no particular order...just random

makgotso
03 Nov 2009 13:54

LOL@ Blueroze the way you highlighted those replies cracked me up.

To me the diva is the likes of Sbongile Khumalo, Mirriam Makeba, Letta Mbuli, Thandi Classen, Abigail Kubheka........I'm not sure if I'm stuck to the 80's

Cande: Le nna I don't like the latest offering yaThandiswa

mbuzobuciko
03 Nov 2009 14:06

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hayini bantwini......

k now what bout SIMPHIWE DANA?????

monchooza
03 Nov 2009 14:25

to me Monchooza...here are my idol Divas whom i respect very much
Thandie Klaasen
Dolly Rathebe
Mirriam Makeba
Irene Mawela
Dorothy Masuka
Busi Mhlongo
Sibongile Khumalo
Mahotela Queens
Sophie Mgcina
etc.....

Now these are DIVAS...not girls who seek public attention

maile
03 Nov 2009 14:29

Nice one1.All this listed ladies could fill up the Dome in 1 concert, i hope!
Yo@ Green.arrow- i nearly collapsed when i heard Khabonina sing.Lady pls stick to dancing, u good at it!
Mara guys do u remeber Refiloe from defunct Pop stars??that chick needs Kalawa or Native Rhythms to save her, o na le good voice shem, as long as she doesnt sing kwaito.
Haai bloggers: Mbau & Mshoza shudnt be mentioned in this topic,they dont fit at all! not even near.

Lex
03 Nov 2009 14:34

I agree with you Maile,Khabonina should stick to dancing.Oh and ya blackchild, Thembisile sings like there's no tomorrow.

Tholi
03 Nov 2009 14:34

@Maile, u right, Khabonina needs to stic to dancing where she's good at, NOT singing. as for Khanyi Mbau..I rest my case

madleza
03 Nov 2009 15:03

@mochooza so to be a diver you must have felt the apartheid have to be a pensioner or you have to be in the grave or must have been to exile so what about
rebecca malope she is a diva or she is a girl who seek public attention tltlttltl or may be ka hore she praise god she is queen not a diva

njingalwazi
03 Nov 2009 15:19

1.Busi Mhlongo 2. Sibongile Khumalo 3.Judith Sephuma 4. Spokazi 5. Lira 6. Thandiswa 7. Nhlanhla 8.Camagwini 9.Simpiwe Dana 10. Kelly Kumalo Mid 10 1. Margaret Motsage 2.Ntokozo Mbambo 3. Swazi Dlamini 4. Zamajobe 5. Phinda Mtya 6.Thembi Seete 7. Unathi Nkayi 8.Bongi Dube 9.Zonke 10.Winnie Kumalo Bottom 10 1. Dorothy Masuka 2. Thandi Klaasen 3. Siphumelele 4.Tshomie 5.Khanyi Mbau 6.Somizi 7.Gloria Bosman 8. Thobekile 9.Bucie 10. Nomakula Roberts (lol)

monchooza
03 Nov 2009 15:30

Madleza its not about apartheid...i would elaborate mara i dont feel like it....which is why i started by saying.....kimi monchooza these are divas....kuwe they might be something else

Green.arrow
05 Nov 2009 08:04

hey banna...so im watching morning live and they had Qamagwini (sqweez the spelling if its wron plz)....ive often seen her and the two log thingies...and i never paid attention...
So she starts singing...and im impressed... thinking she has got her own thing going (i stand corrected).....even thinking about this article...(tvsa has taken over my thinking process)....

jiggi jiggi..lol...the cd fails her...a scratch or something...and she is shocked..and stuck but she carries on dancing (swaying side to side) to that "cd scratching sound...(and im thinking ...weird...and she's looking like...what happened)....on MORNING LIVE...national television....now i dont know much..but that ddnt look good....
Moral of the story...should i be a singer...lip singing is a big no no,...

I know most of u attent shows.....do things like this happen...cd going wrong...and the singer exposed for their lip singing?

Lushi
07 Nov 2009 23:07

Thandiswa Mazwai rocks! I don't care who says what

jmdladla
09 Jan 2010 13:45

Oh you guys are my kind of people. I'm glad I didnt bring up the Unathi story.

whoever told unathi that she can sing really needs serious professional help. It is just so painful to listen to her singing. She even performs live, oh the horror!!

I can't stand Unathi's singing.

. UNhlanhla and her music carreer is dead. She needs Teo coz now it shows who exactly made that group Mafikizolo (Couldn't agree more).

Lira: Even though she is not cosmetically gifted (LOL) she is a talented singer though.

Thembisile Ntakana can sing, Siphokazi is talented. Camagwini i am not sold. LOL

Floh
09 Jan 2010 19:38

Why Zamajobe has to feature on this article ? She only came with one song that most of can follow the chorus.

One of Kaya fm dj/presenter played Ndawo yami and after he said Zamajobe has a new album already in stores. I asked myself why is he not playing the new songs ? Is it that bad that we have to endure old Ndawo Yam'

jmdladla
14 Jan 2010 19:35

the least they could have done is to play the new song. i haven't heard her new stuff at all.

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