SA Reacts to Lloyiso Gijana's Outfit at ‘Tribute to Women Festival’: “We Can See the Signs”

SA Reacts to Lloyiso Gijana's Outfit at ‘Tribute to Women Festival’: “We Can See the Signs”

  • Lloyiso Gijana performed at the Malibongwe Arts Festival: Tribute to Women 2025 on Sunday, 24 August
  • In a video shared on TikTok, Lloyiso performed his hit song, but netizens focused on his striking outfit
  • Several netizens referred to the outfit as a ritual, while others defended Lloyiso and praised his stage presence
Lloyiso Gijana's outfit raises eyebrows
Lloyiso Gijana's ‘Tribute to Women Festival’ outfit turned heads. Image: Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images, Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images
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Musicians often trend because of their music, but singer Lloyiso Gijana had Mzansi buzzing for a different reason: his outfit at a recent concert.

Musicians often use their outfits as a tool for self-expression and to communicate with their audience. Lloyiso Gijana, who previously shared his incredible weight loss journey, left social media buzzing with his outfit at a concert to honour women.

Lloyiso Gijana's 'Tribute to Women Festival' outfit raises eyebrows

On Sunday, 24 August 2025, Lloyiso Gijana joined a stellar lineup of performers at the Malibongwe Arts Festival: Tribute to Women 2025.

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Social media user FAME SA took to TikTok and shared a video of the former Idols SA contestant on stage. The video was captioned:

“Lloyiso live at 'Tribute to Women Festival'.”

The video features Lloyiso performing his smash hit Dream About You. In the video, the audience sang along to the musician's hit song. For his Malibongwe Arts Festival: Tribute to Women 2025 performance, Lloyiso wore a white pleated robe that gave the appearance of a skirt or dress, and black metal loafers with chunky heels.

Watch the video below:

What netizens are saying about Lloyiso's 'Tribute to Women Festival' outfit

In the comment section, several netizens critiqued Lloyiso’s dressing, while others defended him, stating that it was appropriate as a tribute to women. Some praised the musician’s performance.

Here are some of the comments:

Zee😍❤️ highlighted:

“Search bar ‘Lloyiso the wife’😭😭”

@lover..girl💔💔💔 asked:

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“What is the outfit's name?”

Galada Thokoza argued:

“Guys, do you read before you comment? 🥺🥺🥺 asking because caption clearly says ‘Tribute to women’ but you're out here asking about the outfit.”

SLINDELOS SLOLUTIONS PROJECT gushed:

“It’s giving Sam Smith 🤩”

wazie said:

“l can imagine the feeling, the joy of hearing your fans singing your song and killing the lyrics as they are, which means they love your work...😘😎”

user7085247187125 remarked:

“We can see the signs🤣🤣”

ZukiZukz said:

“In America, they would call it a humiliation ritual. In Mzansi we kancane kancane uyavela or ithambile lentwana.”

Lereko argued:

“It’s not a skirt, people 😂😂”
Lloyiso's outfit raises eyebrows
Mzansi weighed in on Lloyiso Gijana's ‘Tribute to Women Festival’ outfit. Image: Oupa Bopape/Gallo Images
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Taking to his Instagram account on Tuesday, 26 August 2025, Lloyiso shared pictures of his outfit and himself performing at Mark’s Park in Emmarentia, Johannesburg. In the caption, the Seasons singer expressed gratitude to the audience. The post was captioned:

“Had a great time @tribute.to.women.festival 🥹🔥! Thank you for the love! Let’s give a 👏🏾 for this @nike set🤍”

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See the pictures below:

Lloyiso Gijana storms off stage at Lemo Fest

Lloyiso Gijana takes his craft seriously and will not take any form of disrespect.

In October 2024, Briefly News reported that Lloyiso trended when he stormed off stage mid-performance.

Responding to questions about why he had done so, the musician alleged that he and his crew were disrespected at the Lemo Festival 2024. A video of him leaving the stage went viral online, and netizens sided with Lloyiso.

Source: Briefly News

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Tayananiswa Zvikaramba (Editor) Tayananiswa Zvikaramba is an entertainment writer at Briefly News. He previously worked as a profiler, sports, human interest, entertainment, and current affairs writer at Pindula (2016-2022) and iHarare (2022-2025). He holds a BA Honours in Archaeology from the University of Zimbabwe (2010-2013), YOAST SEO for Beginners (2023), YOAST Block Editor Training (2023), and YOAST Structured Data for Beginners (2023). Email: tayananiswa.zvikaramba@briefly.co.za