Joseph Shabalala grew up on a farm near the town of Ladysmith, South Africa. In the 1950s, much of the work there took place in the mine, with inhuman working conditions. But on Saturday nights in ...

The legendary Ladysmith Black Mambazo will embark on a breathtaking SA Legacy Tour on 24 May at Joburg Theatre. The five-time Grammy Award-winning isicathamiya group, which has existed for six decades ...

The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo has died. Joseph Shabalala, 78, died at a hospital in the South African capital city of Pretoria on ...

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While serving 27 years in prison, Nelson Mandela found strength in the music of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a choral group accused of violating South Africa’s cultural boycott in the late 1980s, when it ...

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JOHANNESBURG, Feb 11 (Reuters) - The founder of South Africa's male acapella group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, has died in hospital at the age of 78, the government and national ...

The death toll for the Christmas Day flash floods in Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, has increased to 12 while at least six people are still missing , reports EWN. The town was battered by heavy rains on ...

South Africa's award-winning group Ladysmith Black Mambazo are first and foremost a family. Members Albert Mazibuko and Babuyile Shabalala tell host Michel Martin what's kept the group together for 50 ...

For more than half a century, Albert Mazibuko, 71, has lent his voice to the South African male vocal ensemble Ladysmith Black Mambazo, and he sees no reason to stop now. Even though the group’s ...