Gospel Life

Joyous Celebration To Record 16th Album

"Just before everyone drives out of Johannesburg to their various holiday destinations, we felt that this would be a better way to get them into the festive season singing songs of praise."

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Winnie Mashaba To Perform At Mzansi Fela

Prominent gospel musician Winnie Mashaba will perform at the Mzansi Fela Festival in Pretoria next month....

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Zanele Mbokazi to marry Swaziland bishop

Crown Gospel Awards founder and television personality Zanele Mbokazi is set to marry Swaziland Bishop Mpendulo Nkambule. The pair’s traditional wedding will take place on January 22 at Mbokazi’s family home in Thornwood, Mariannhill and a white wedding will follow in three months. Mbokazi and Nkambule met last year at a church seminar in Swaziland and engaged [...]

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Musos team up with church to fight HIV/Aids

African Musicians Against HIV/Aids (AMAHA) has partnered with the Universal Church of the Kingdom of God (UCKG) to “spread the HIV/Aids message as widely as possible.” Announcing the partnership kwaito artist and AMAHA leader Doc Shebeleza said the church is committed to working with disadvantaged societies in South Africa. “Whatever you do, you need God to be [...]

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Zion music in the spotlight

Potential gospel music hit-makers are being given a chance to showcase their talents to an untapped market on Soweto Community Television. The Soweto-based channel recently introduced a new gospel music show called ApoZion Top Ten, which is promoting lesser-known gospel music such as Apostle and Zion music to thousands of music lovers. ApoZion Top Ten was officially [...]

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DStv channel One Gospel has introduced two exciting shows

Former Lotto TV host Nimrod Nkosi returned to television last night as the presenter of a brand new local game show on One Gospel (DStv 331). The show, entitled Ivangeli Game Show, tests contestants’ knowledge about gospel music. In one of the categories contestants have to sing their favourite gospel songs and hymns. Prizes include gospel [...]

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Joyous Celebration does it again

Multi-award winning gospel ensemble Joyous Celebration will be recording their fifteenth Live CD and DVD at the ICC in Durban on 17 and 18 December, 2010. The show will feature new material and some new faces drawn from the nationwide auditions staged during the 2010 tour, a number of whom were discovered at the Durban leg [...]

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Winnie Mashaba confirmed for top Botswana event

Popular South African gospel artist Winnie Mashaba has been confirmed for Metropolitan Botswana’s prestigious Annual Gospel Spectacular, which takes place in Gaborone on the 27th of November, 2010. The event will be a three-country extravaganza, featuring Lesotho’s legendary gospel artist Tshepo Tshola, Botswana’s Lebogang ‘Lebo Gee’ Moitoki and Winnie Mashaba. In a bid to help up-and-coming musicians [...]

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Pretoria choir to feature in a new film

Pretoria-based gospel outfit Tshwane Gospel Choir will feature in Abasebenzi, a new South African film. The film, which is being produced by Cuba Ikaneng, tells a story of two homeless brothers working hard to make ends meet. Ikaneng has produced and directed numerous musical and religious shows including Gospel Time, The Cell C Gospel Music Festival and [...]

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Deborah Fraser replaces Jub Jub

Deborah Fraser has been confirmed as the replacement for Molemo “Jub Jub” Maarohanye in the Crown Gospel Music Awards. This follows the axing of the controversial rapper from the yearly awards. Fraser, who was initially not nominated this year, is now up against The Plain Truth, Margaret Motsage and Thembi Seete in the Best Music Video [...]

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