Mculo wesiBhunu eNingizimu Afrika uthola kuvuselelwa lokunamandla ngemnyaka wa-2025, lokhokhelwa lusukulwane lolusha lwebaculi labahlanganisa tinkhundla temasiko nemihlobo yesimanje kute bakhangele bantfu basekhaya kanye nebantfu bavelonkhe. Umkhosi waminyaka yonkhe we-Innibos National Art Festival, lowabanjwe kusukela ngemhlaka 3 kuya kumhlaka 6 Julayi 2025 eMbombela, wakhangela bantfu labangaphezu kwe-80,000 futsi wasebenza njengesikhulumi senkhulu sekukhombisa kusebenta kwemculo wesiBhunu lokuguqukako. Lomsimbi wemasiko wakhombisa kufakwa kwemihlobo, kuhlanganisa emasiko eNingizimu Afrika ngesikhati kubungatwa lifa lesiBhunu njengengcenye lebalulekile yemculo wetive lonkhe lokwahlukahlukeneko.
Kuhlanganiswa kweMasiko neNtsandvo
Mculo wesiBhunu sekuyisikhathi lesidze usekelwe etinkhundleni temasiko, boeremusiek, kanye netitfutfumelo takadeni, kodvwa ngemnyaka wa-2025 baculi baye baphusha imikhawulo ngekufaka emihlobo yesimanje njenge-Amapiano, i-hip-hop, kanye ne-pop yelanga. Umkhosi wakhombisa kusebenta kwabaculi besiBhunu labasunguliwe kanye nalabo labasatfutfuka, kugcizelela likhono lemihlobo lekuhlangana nebantfu labasha. Ngemavi emhlangani wemkhosi, Carol Sanderson, “siBhunu siyincenye yemasiko eNingizimu Afrika, lesifaka wonkhe amanye emasiko,” lokugcizelela indzima yemihlobo ekukhutsateni buhlangani.
Omunye umculi lohlahelelako ngu-Die Heuwels Fantasties, libhendi lelisenta kuhlanganisa emagama esiBhunu netinkhundla telanga kanye ne-indie rock ngekutsi kungaguquki. Ingoma yabo yakamuva, lekhululwe ngoJuni 2025, ifake kusebenta etinkhulwini tekusakata letifana ne-Spotify, ikhombisa kukhula kwetsandvo yavelonkhe yemculo wesiBhunu. Ngendlela lefanako, Riku Lätti, lolwatiwa ngekulandzisa tindzaba ngetinkondlo, uye watfola ngetitfutfumelo te-Afro-folk, lokwenta kufana nabaculi bavelonkhe njenga-Michael Kiwanuka. Kusebenta kwakhe e-Innibos 2025 kutfola ludvumo loluncane ngenxa yekujula kwemvakasisa kanye nekukhanga kwemasiko.
Tinkanyezi Letitfutfukako kanye Nekwemukelwa Kwevelonkhe
Kukhuphuka kwetikhulumi letifana ne-Apple Music’s Up Next kanye ne-Spotify’s RADAR programme kwente baculi besiBhunu bakhanye esiteji sevelonkhe. PSILK, umculi we-pop yelanga kanye nemculi wetingoma, wakhetfwa njengomculi wakamuva we-Up Next we-Apple Music eNingizimu Afrika ngoJulayi 2025. Umsindvo ka-PSILK lophikisanako nemihlobo, lochazwa njenge-“kukhuluma lokungacocwanga kanye nekuphusha imikhawulo yemsindvo,” ukhangele bantfu bavelonkhe, ngemculo wakhe ufakeke etilulwini telusakato lwevelonkhe futsi wathola ludvumo ngenxa yendlela yakhe yentsandvo. Ngesikhatsi lesifanako, Thakzin, umculi waseNingizimu Afrika kanye ne-DJ, wakhetfwa njengomculi we-Spotify’s 2025 Southern Africa RADAR. Umsebenti wakhe e-Amapiano kanye nemculo welindlu, logcwele ngemagama esiBhunu, ukhombisa kwehluka kanye nekukhanga kwevelonkhe kwemihlobo le.
Kubaluleka KweMasiko kanye Nemthelela Wemiphakatsi
Mculo wesiBhunu ngemnyaka wa-2025 awugcini ngekujabulisa; uyindlela yekulondvolota emasiko kanye nekuphawula ngetindzaba temiphakatsi. Baculi njenga-Bok van Blerk batjela kuhlala bekhuluma ngetindzaba tekutsi ungubani, lifa, kanye nekubeketelelwa, lokukhanga bantfu lababona mculo wesiBhunu njengendlela yekutsintsa ematsatfeni abo. Umkhosi we-Innibos uphinde wakhombisa emakolishi kanye netiphaneli letihlole indzima yemculo wesiBhunu ekubhekaneni netinkinga tepolitiki netemphakatsi, njengekungabi nabunye kanye nekubuyisana lokusatfutfuka kweNingizimu Afrika. Letinkinga tikhombise indlela baculi labasentisa ngayo tinkhundla tabo kute bakhutsate tingxoxo kanye nekulungisa emahlukano wemasiko.
Kufakwa kwemihlobo le kuphinde kwagcizelelwa ngekusebentisana nabaculi bemihlobo leminye yemculo waseNingizimu Afrika. Ngembala, baculi besiBhunu basebenta kanye nabaculi be-Amapiano ne-hip-hop e-Hollywoodbets Durban July 2025, lowabanjwe ngemhlaka 5 Julayi e-Greyville Racecourse. Lomsimbi wakhombisa luhlu lwetinkanyezi, kuhlanganisa Black Coffee kanye na-Thandiswa Mazwai, kanye nabaculi bemculo wesiBhunu, lokwenta kuhlanganiswa kwemsindvo lokunamandla lokwenta bantfu batsandze kakhulu.
Indzima yeTeknoloji kanye netiNkhundla tekusakata
Kufinyelela kwevelonkhe kwemculo wesiBhunu kukhuliswe ngetikhundla tekusakata. I-Spotify ibike kukhuphuka lokukhulu kwekuhlaulwa kwe-royalty kubaculi baseNingizimu Afrika ngemnyaka wa-2024, kantsi tibikezelo ta-2025 tikhombisa kukhula lokusatfutfuka. Baculi njenga-CowBoii, ingcenye yehlelo le-Apple Music’s Africa Rising, basebentise letikhundla kute bafinyelele bantfu labanengi. Tinga-Amapiano ta-CowBoii, letifaka emagama esiBhunu, tiqoqe timiliona tekusakata, tikhombisa kutsi mculo lo utsandvwa kakhulu.
Kubheka Embili
Nangabe mculo wesiBhunu usatfutfuka, 2025 ubukeka njengemnyaka lobalulekile. Likhono lemihlobo lekuhlanganisa emasiko nentsandvo, kuhlanganiswe nekumukelwa kwawo lokukhulako evelonkhe, kulibeka njengengcenye lebalulekile yemculo waseNingizimu Afrika. Timphatsi letifana ne-Innibos kanye ne-Hollywoodbets Durban July, kuhlanganiswe nekukhuphuka kwetikhundla tekusakata, kucinisekisa kutsi mculo wesiBhunu uhlala unamandla, ukhangela bantfu labahlukahlukeneko ngesikhatsi ubungata lifa lawo lelihlukileko.
Likusasa lemculo wesiBhunu lilele ekukhoneni kwawo kwekuhlala litsetsele ematsatfeni awo ngesikhatsi wemukela tintsandvo tavelonkhe. Njengobe baculi njenga-PSILK, Thakzin, kanye ne-Die Heuwels Fantasties batjela kuhlala baphusha imikhawulo, mculo wesiBhunu ulungele kwenta umthelela lomkhulu kakhulu esiteji sevelonkhe, ubufakazi bekutsi lifa lemasiko kanye nentsandvo yesimanje kungahlangana ngendlela lenemphumelelo.
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