Sipho Makhabane

U-Sipho Makhabane wabelethwa mhlana amalaga ama-3 enyangeni kaSinyikhaba ngonyaka we-1965 enarheni yeSewula Afrika eSwaziland.^[1]^[2] Elinye igama waziwa ngokuthi ngu ”The Big Fish” okutjho bona ifesi ekulu ngelimi lesiNdebele. Umtloli womvumo wevangeli,umvumi osele akhiphe ama albhamu angaphezulu kwe-5. Ukhulele emndenini edobha phasi bedogu wahlongakalelwa nguyise asese mncani, kwakose bonyana alise isikolo akhambe ayokufuna amatorho ukuze akghone ukondla unina. Ngokunga bambeleli ebudisini lobu waragela phambili ukuthi afezekisa ibhudango lakhe lokuba mvumi.

Ukuthoma kwakhe ukuba mvumi

Wathoma ibezelo lokubamvumi phakathi konyaka wango 1990 ekukulapho akhipha khan i-albhamu yakhe yokuthoma ”ngizinikela kuwe” ngonyaka we-1996, ekungiyo evela ngayo njengomvumi womvumo wevangeli. Walandelelwa ngenye i-albhamu yesihloko esithi”Yek’ intokozo” eyenza wavela njengokuthi sele amvumi okhona kwezomvumo wevangeli. Ukuphumelela ekukhipheni ama albhamu lawa kwmenzela iindlela bona akghone ukwenzela ama albhamu wakhe alandelako estudiyo.^[3]

Ukuthumba kwakhe

Ibizelweni lakhe lezomvumo uMakhabe ukhiphe ama-albhamu amanengi afaka hlangana “uyigugu” “calvary” “hamba nami” namanye. Umvumo wakhe akhange umnikele abalanelii abanengi kwaphela kodwa ukghonile nokuth athumbe abonongorwana nokukhethwa.Ku-Glory awards ngonyaka we-2001 wathola unongorwana wokuba mkhuphi womvumi okhamba phambili nangonyaka we-2007. Ngonyaka we-2008 wathumba ku Mama Beka Community Empowerment Award.^[4] Ngokubonakala komsebenzi wakhe emvumeni wevangeli wanikelwa unongorwana wokuhlonitjhwa ngonyaka we-2024 ku-South African Music Awards.

Abantu abalekeleleko kwezomvumi wevangeli

Ngaphezulu kokuthi kwalokho akuzuzileko mgimvumo wakhe, u-Sipho Makhabane unekghone lokuthi akhulise italente alibonako ebantwini abasathomako ukuvuma. Nge Big Fish Music ukghonile ukuthi adose phambili abavumi abafana nabo Hlengiwe Mhlaba, Thobekile Mkhwanazi, Pastor Ncanda, no Thsepiso Motaung, abanikele isekelo abalitlhogako ukuthi baphumelele emvumeni. Ukuzinikela kwakhe kwavusa ukuthuthukisa ilutjha eMpumalanga wadosa phambili ukuthoma kwekhaya yomvumo wevangeli ebizwa bona yi-Mpumalanga Praise.

Iinkomba

[1] Sipho Makhabane Biography and Everything About the Gospel Singer

[2] Sipho Makhabane Profile and Discography | African Music Library

[3] Sipho Makhabane: The Visionary Behind South Africa’s Gospel Music Renaissance - South African Gospel Music Magazine

[4] Sipho Makhabane Biography and Everything About the Gospel Singer

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