Umculo wesiBhunu eNingizimu Afrika uthola ukuvela okuthokozisayo ngo-2025, okuholwa isizukulwana esisha sabaculi abahlanganisa izici zesiko nezinhlobo zesimanje ukuheha abalaleli basekhaya kanye nabamazwe ngamazwe. Umkhosi waminyaka yonke we-Innibos National Art Festival, owawubanjwe kusukela ngomhlaka-3 kuya ku-6 Julayi 2025 eMbombela, uye wadonsa abalaleli abangaphezu kwama-80,000 futhi waba yisiteji esinamandla sokukhombisa ubunjalo bomculo wesiBhunu obuguqukayo. Lo mcimbi wesiko uye wachaza ukufakwa kwalesi sihlobo, ukuhlanganisa amasiko aseNingizimu Afrika ngenkathi ubungaza ifa lesiBhunu njengengxenye ebalulekile yomculo wesizwe ohlukahlukene.
Ukuhlanganiswa kweSiko kanye nokuSungula
Umculo wesiBhunu ubulokhu usekelwe emithonjeni yesiko, i-boeremusiek, kanye namathonya akudala, kodwa ngo-2025 abaculi baye basusa imingcele ngokufaka izinhlobo zesimanje ezifana ne-Amapiano, i-hip-hop, kanye ne-pop yombane. Umkhosi uye wabonisa imibukiso yabaculi besiBhunu abasunguliwe kanye nabasanda kuvela, uqaqambisa amandla alesi sihlobo okuheha abalaleli abancane. Ngokusho komgqugquzeli womkhosi, uCarol Sanderson, “IsiBhunu siyingxenye yesiko laseNingizimu Afrika, esihlanganisa isiko ngalinye,” okuqaqambisa indima yalesi sihlobo ekukhuthazeni ubunye.
Omunye wabaculi abavelele ngu-Die Heuwels Fantasties, iqembu elihlala lihlanganisa amazwi esiBhunu nezici zombane kanye ne-indie rock ngendlela engaguquki. Ingoma yabo yakamuva, eyakhishwa ngoJuni 2025, ithole ukwamukelwa okuhle ezinkundleni zokusakaza ezifana ne-Spotify, ikhombisa ukukhula kwentshisekelo yomhlaba wonke yomculo wesiBhunu. Ngendlela efanayo, uRiku Lätti, owaziwa ngokuxoxa izindaba ngesihobe, uye wazama ngamathonya e-Afro-folk, eletha ukufana nabaculi bamazwe ngamazwe abafana noMichael Kiwanuka. Imibukiso yakhe e-Innibos 2025 ithole ukunconywa okubanzi ngenxa yobunzulu bemizwa kanye nokuheha kwesiko.
Izinkanyezi Ezisakhulayo kanye nokuVunywa kweMhlaba
Ukuvela kwezinkundla ezifana ne-Apple Music’s Up Next kanye ne-Spotify’s RADAR programme kwenza abaculi besiBhunu bavelele esiteji somhlaba. UPSILK, umkhiqizi we-pop yombane kanye nombhali wamaculo, wakhethwa njengomculi wakamuva we-Up Next we-Apple Music eNingizimu Afrika ngoJulayi 2025. Umsindo ka-PSILK ophikisana nezinhlobo, ochazwa njenge-“inkulumo engacacile kanye nokutyhala imingcele yomsindo,” udonse abalaleli bomhlaba wonke, ngomculo wakhe uqukwa ezinhlwini zomhlaba futhi uthola ukunconywa ngenxa yendlela yakhe yokusungula. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, uThakzin, umkhiqizi waseNingizimu Afrika kanye no-DJ, wakhethwa njengomculi we-Spotify’s 2025 Southern Africa RADAR. Umsebenzi wakhe kwi-Amapiano kanye nomculo wezindlu, ogcwele ngamazwi esiBhunu, ukhombisa ukwahluka kanye nokuheha komhlaba wonke kwalesi sihlobo.
Ukubaluleka kweSiko kanye neMthelela eMphakathini
Umculo wesiBhunu ngo-2025 awugcini nje ngokujabulisa; yindlela yokugcina isiko kanye nokuxoxa ngezindaba zomphakathi. Abaculi abafana no-Bok van Blerk baqhubeka nokuxoxa ngezindaba zobunjalo, ifa, kanye nokubekezela, beheha abalaleli ababona umculo wesiBhunu njengendlela yokuxhumana nezimpande zabo. Umkhosi we-Innibos ukwabonise izinhlangano zokucobelelana ulwazi kanye nama-panel aphenya indima yomculo wesiBhunu ekuxazululeni izinkinga zezombangazwe nezenhlalo, ezifana nezinkinga eziqhubekayo zaseNingizimu Afrika zobunye kanye nokubuyisana. Lezi zingxoxo ziye zaqaqambisa indlela abaculi abasebenzisa ngayo izinkundla zabo ukukhuthaza izingxoxo kanye nokwakha amabhuloho phakathi kwamasiko.
Ukufakwa kwalesi sihlobo kuye kwaqaqambiswa ngokusebenzisana nabaculi bezinye izinhlobo zomculo waseNingizimu Afrika. Isibonelo, abaculi besiBhunu baye badlala kanye nabaculi be-Amapiano kanye ne-hip-hop eHollywoodbets Durban July 2025, eyayibanjwe ngomhlaka-5 Julayi eGreyville Racecourse. Lo mcimbi ubonise uhlu lwezinkanyezi, kuhlanganise no-Black Coffee kanye no-Thandiswa Mazwai, kanye nabaculi bomculo wesiBhunu, bedala ukuhlanganiswa kwemisindo enamandla okuthokozise izihlwele.
Indima yobuChwepheshe kanye nezinkundla zokuSasaza
Ukufinyelela komhlaba wonke komculo wesiBhunu kuxhaswe yizinkundla zokusakaza. I-Spotify ibike ukukhuphuka okukhulu kwezinkokhelo ze-royalty kubaculi baseNingizimu Afrika ngo-2024, kanti izibikezelo zango-2025 zikhombisa ukuqhubeka kokukhula. Abaculi abafana no-CowBoii, oyingxenye yohlelo lwe-Apple Music’s Africa Rising, basebenzise lezi zinkundla ukufinyelela kubalaleli abaningi. Amaculo ka-CowBoii e-Amapiano, ahlanganisa amagama esiBhunu, aqoqe izigidi zokusakaza, ekhombisa ukuthandwa okukhulayo kwalesi sihlobo.
Ukubheka Phambili
Njengoba umculo wesiBhunu uqhubeka nokuvela, u-2025 ubonakala njengonyaka obalulekile. Amandla alesi sihlobo okuhlanganisa isiko kanye nokusungula, kuhlanganise nokuvunywa kwaso okukhulayo emhlabeni, kuyibeka njengengxenye ebalulekile yesiko laseNingizimu Afrika. Imicimbi efana ne-Innibos kanye neHollywoodbets Durban July, kanye nokuvela kwezinkundla zokusakaza, iqinisekisa ukuba umculo wesiBhunu uhlala unamandla, uheha abalaleli abahlukahlukene ngenkathi ubungaza ifa lawo elihlukile.
Ikusasa lomculo wesiBhunu lixhomekeke kumandla alo okuhlala lithembekile ezimpandeni zalo ngenkathi lamukela amathonya omhlaba. Njengoba abaculi abafana no-PSILK, uThakzin, kanye ne-Die Heuwels Fantasties beqhubeka nokutyhala imingcele, umculo wesiBhunu ulungele ukwenza umthelela omkhulu kakhulu esiteji somhlaba, ubufakazi bokuthi ifa yesiko kanye nokusungula kwesimanje kungahlala kunye ngokuzwana.
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