Ndlovu Youth Choir Prays for Mzansi, Shares Powerful Song Amid Unrest

Ndlovu Youth Choir Prays for Mzansi, Shares Powerful Song Amid Unrest

  • South Africa's world-famous Ndlovu Youth Choir has shared an emotionally charged song and prayer with Mzansi
  • The group uploaded a video performing the song on social media and it is safe to say South Africans' hearts melted at the gesture
  • The prayer song presents as a much-needed anecdote to quell the widespread public violence and looting which has engulfed Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal

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South Africa's internationally-renowned Ndlovu Youth Choir has shared a moving prayer song Mangisondele Nkosi Yam with Mzansi amid days of unrest and ongoing looting.

Loosely translated as "Let Me Be Nearer My Lord", it is an emotionally charged rendition, which is also a prayer, that was shared by the choir in the last few days.

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South Africa's Ndlovu Youth Choir has shared a powerful prayer song while the country battles to come to terms with days of civil unrest. Image: Oupa Bopape/ Gallo Images.
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The video, which was shared on the group's various social media platforms, was viewed over 131 000 times on Facebook and garnered more than 6 400 reactions. The video was published with a caption that read:

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“We pray for peace in our beautiful land during these difficult times. God bless SA.”

The song presents as a much-needed anecdote to quell the public outcry, although now believed to be a criminal element, observed in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal over the incarceration of former president Jacob Zuma.

Many untold stories feature prominently in what has become a raging cascade of suffering, particularly in parts of the two provinces at the forefront of the country's battle against total lawlessness.

South Africans reacted with glee at the song after the group – that featured prominently on the 2019 edition of America's Got Talent – reached the final of arguably the biggest TV talent show competition in the world.

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A video of his rant was posted to Twitter and has since been making the rounds, dividing views and, in the case of Zuma-Sambudla, drawing praise. The video was captioned:

"Respect to you @official_jubjub … No army was sent when 500 billion was looted."

At the start of Jub Jub's recorded speech, he is heard encouraging the ongoing acts of looting which have engulfed Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal before taking jabs at "those who think they've arrived".

The Ndikhokhele hitmaker criticised blacks and celebrities who choose not to speak up against the violence that is threatening to collapse the country's already ailing economy.

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Tshepiso Mametela (Head of Current Affairs Desk) Tshepiso Mametela is a seasoned journalist with eight years of experience writing for online and print publications. He is the current affairs Head of Desk at Briefly News. He was a news reporter for The Herald, a senior sports contributor at Opera News SA, and a reporter for Caxton Local Media’s Bedfordview and Edenvale News and Joburg East Express community titles. He has attended media workshops, including the crime and court reporting one by the Wits Justice Project and Wits Centre for Journalism in 2024. Email: tshepiso.mametela@briefly.co.za