Isandla se-SAMRO sokuXhasa uYilo loMculo siXhobisa amaGcisa oMculo angama-120 aseMzantsi Afrika

UMbutho wamaLungelo oMculo waseMzantsi Afrika (SAMRO) uphinde wabonisa ukuzinikela kwawo ekukhuliseni italente yomculo yaseMzantsi Afrika ngeSandla sawo sokuXhasa uYilo loMculo (MCSF). Ngomhla we-2 kuJulayi 2025, i-SAMRO ibhengeze ukuba inikezele ngezibonelelo ezifikelela kwi-R25,000 kubayili bomculo abayi-120 phantsi komjikelo ka-2025 wolu phawu luguqukayo. Ngoku okwesine unyaka, i-MCSF iyaqhubeka nokunika inkxaso-mali ebalulekileyo kumagcisa omculo, ibenza bakwazi ukuphuhlisa iiprojekthi ezintsha, ukurekhoda ii-albhamu, nokunyusa imisebenzi yabo ukuya kumanqanaba amatsha.

I-MCSF yenzelwe ukulungisa imiqobo yezemali abajongana nayo amagcisa omculo amaninzi aseMzantsi Afrika, ngakumbi kwindawo apho inkxaso-mali yobugcisa ihlala ingazinzanga. Izibonelelo zixhasa uluhlu olubanzi lwezinto, kubandakanya ukurekhodwa kwesitudiyo, ukuveliswa kweevidiyo zomculo, kunye neeprojekthi zokudlala ngokuthe ngqo. Aba baphumeleleyo kulo nyaka bamele icandelo elihlukeneyo lesehlo somculo saseMzantsi Afrika, eliquka iindidi zomculo ezifana ne-jazz, i-hip-hop, i-Amapiano, kunye nomculo wesintu. Phakathi kwabaphumeleleyo kukho amagcisa asakhasayo afana noThandiwe Ndlovu, ogxube wakhe omtsha we-Afro-jazz kunye nomculo we-elektroniki usefumene ukunconywa, kunye nomvelisi ogqithisileyo uSipho Mabuza, osebenza kwi-albhamu yentsebenziswano kunye nabarepha abancinci abavela eKapa.

Umphathi oyiNtloko we-SAMRO, uAnnabelle Markey, ugxininise ukuzinikela kombutho ekukhuthazeni ubuchule. “I-MCSF imalunga nokunika amagcisa inkululeko yokuphupha ngokukhulu nokuyila ngaphandle komthwalo wemiqobo yezemali,” uthe kwisibhengezo seendaba. Eli phulo sele lenze impembelelo ebonakalayo: abaphumeleleyo bangaphambili basebenzise ezi mali ukuze bakhuphe iingoma eziphezulu, bakhenkethe kumazwe ngamazwe, kwaye bafumane ukutyunjwa kweGrammy. Ngokomzekelo, umphumeleli wezibonelelo zika-2023 uLwazi Mthembu nge-albhamu yakhe Echoes of the Ancestors wafumana ukunconywa okubalulekileyo kunye nokutyunjwa kwe-Best African Music Performance kwi-Grammy zika-2024.

Ngaphaya kwenkxaso-mali, i-MCSF inikezela ngeeworkshops kunye namathuba okunxibelelana, idibanisa abaphumeleleyo nabachwephesha boshishino ukuze bacocobele ubugcisa babo kwaye baphumelele kwicala lezoshishino lomculo. Le ndlela iquka yonke into iqinisekisa ukuba amagcisa awavelisi nje imisebenzi emitsha, kodwa akha imisebenzi ezinzileyo. “I-workshops zindincedile ukuba ndiqonde ukupapashwa kunye neeroyalties ngendlela endingazange ndiyiqonde ngaphambili,” utsho uNdlovu, owazimasa iseshoni yelayisensi yomculo. Ulwazi olunjalo lubalulekile kwishishini apho amagcisa amaninzi asokola nokuxhatshazwa ngenxa yokunqongophala kolwazi ngamalungelo abo.

Umjikelo ka-2025 ukwabonisa ukuzinikela kwe-SAMRO ekubandakanyeni wonke umntu, kunye nesabelo esikhulu sezibonelelo esinikwe abasetyhini kunye namagcisa asuka kuluntu olungamelwanga ngokwaneleyo. Oku kuyahambelana neendlela ezibanzi zoshishino, njengoko kubonwa kumaphulo afana ne-Leading Vibe Initiative kaTems, exhasa abasetyhini abancinci kumculo kulo lonke elaseAfrika. Iinzame ze-SAMRO zinceda ekulungiseni ibala lokudlala, ziqinisekisa ukuba amazwi ahlukeneyo ayavakala kwilizwe elaziwa ngokutyeba kwaso ngokwenkcubeko.

Njengoko ishishini lomculo laseMzantsi Afrika liqhubeka nokufumana ukwamkelwa kwihlabathi jikelele, amaphulo afana ne-MCSF abalulekile ekugcineni lo mkhosi. Ngokuxhobisa amagcisa ukuba ayile kwaye enze izinto ezintsha, i-SAMRO ayixhasi nje imisebenzi yabantu ngabanye kodwa ikwaqinisa isiseko senkcubeko yesizwe. Abaphumeleleyo baka-2025 kulindeleke ukuba bakhuphe iiprojekthi zabo kwiinyanga ezizayo, bethembisa igagasi lezandi ezintsha eziza kuqinisa indawo yaseMzantsi Afrika kwiqonga lomculo wehlabathi.