South African gospel singer Deborah Fraser was spreading God’s word with her famed melodious voice in Zimbabwe this past weekend, the same weekend that DJ Cleo and US superstars Brick & Lace performed in the country.
The songstress performed for an amped crowd in Bulawayo on Friday before going to Harare, where she also attracted a huge crowd. Promoters had run a massive campaign about her visit, distributing thousands of flyers, putting up posters all over Harare and Bulawayo, and branding vehicles with information about her two shows in the country.
Born in 1966 in KwaMashu in the KwaZulu Natal province, Fraser started singing at school. Initially staying in Durban, she moved to Johannesburg, in the Gauteng province in 1985 to seek for greener pastures in the recording industry. She started out working with composer, singer and gospel producer Mthunzi Namba who also hails from her province. She rose to prominence after announcing that she was the voice being used in many songs that were only credited to the late Brenda Fassie.
To date, she has sold more than a million units and won many accolades including the prestigious Best Female Crown Gospel Music Award. Her latest album, uThando features a host of popular musos including, Sello “Chicco” Twala, Sipho Sithole, Master Wakes and Abe Sibiya. Unlike her previous solo albums, uThando is an Afro-pop offering based on secular themes.
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September 3rd, 2010 at 12:19 pm
YEY SISI, I ALWAYS LOVE YOUR SHOWS. YOU NEVER DISSAPOINT LIKE OTHER GOSPEL SINGERS THAT I KNOW
September 6th, 2010 at 12:34 pm
u can sing i love ur angelic voice!
September 6th, 2010 at 12:49 pm
she was just out in a hunt of an african man “asifuni abafundisi abarongo” hahahahaha my sister uthanda i zinto… my sisto whats hapents to ur man from nigerioooo..
September 8th, 2010 at 9:20 am
hehehehe the she loves things ne
September 14th, 2010 at 6:40 pm
Hahahahahaha wena Anonymous. Usile yaz’! Eyyy mara vele naye umam’Debs uzithandela izinto
MamDebra please try your level best to do gospel music, not that troubled-music. Many of your lyrics suggest that you are bitter inside. Lighten up mom. We love you still. mwa
September 15th, 2010 at 6:54 pm
pliz does anyone have any idea hw debs s afro pop album sold like..all her gospel albums have atleast sold more than 100 000 each , sumthng wch rebecca malope the so called of gospel is struggling to do…
September 15th, 2010 at 10:03 pm
Sleak ‘o Sleak, her over-bought albums are probably collecting dust in music stores, only a few individuals are likely to say “here’s my dabra cd”. Selling 100 000 copies does not literally mean 100 000 people have it in their homes. I still emphasize, debs music is ill.
September 16th, 2010 at 7:59 am
joyi!! u rock dear.. uyangazi ne?… ungasabuzi kuthi ngim bani… u r so ryt.. debra is ill, and her music too… she even went on to undress in her music video, with dyed hair… hay shem ufuna amanigeria u debra… moza moza.. akwapata.. akwapata… moza moza.. amusaweiri moza… akwapata… lolets.. go to NIGERIA MAMA
September 16th, 2010 at 6:25 pm
joy u cant say debz s music is ill bcz pple r individuals wt myt not b gud 2 u myt b gud 2 the 100 000 ppl who buy her music…so speak 4 yoself joy..one thng 4 sure…debs rocks
September 17th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
Hello Portia gal, you just got me
(laughing so hard, whahahha… moza moza akwapata, gal hehehe.
Sleak, debs music is a virus, I can see it got you infected, shem lol
September 18th, 2010 at 10:59 pm
joy i hav reason 2 believe that u r REBECCA MALOPE, u r jus disguising yoself here as u cant stand tht debz has dethrowned u as the best seller lol
September 20th, 2010 at 9:40 am
sleak lolest lolest lolest…. yohhh u finishing me yoooo! so joy is Rebeca now… lolests..my cracking so hard wena sleak… zukiswa ungiphete ntombazane…. you i know that song… indeed she was in a real hunt for a nigerian….. joy uyangazi
September 20th, 2010 at 10:36 pm
Whahahahaha Sleak. Eish you crack me big time man
. Ok let’s just say I am short, dark in complexion, With natural long black hair although I have a weave on, I wear a size 34 waiste, So there is non way I am Rebecca “Kitchen Girl” Malope hahaha. Eish that song sucks 
September 20th, 2010 at 10:37 pm
Oh and I wish you Sleak and I and Anonymous, Portia and Nony could all be online oneday and have a debate.
September 21st, 2010 at 11:59 am
I’l tell you what Joy is: Jealous Ordinary hYpocrite. No one, I mean NO ONE in the entire planet professes Debz’ voice. I think i would kill for this virus as pe Joy. Gal, gues what? It infected me and i dont need a cure but I want more and more of it every day. DEBORAH, we love you no matter who says what.You go, lovely Fraser.
September 21st, 2010 at 12:32 pm
yes fusi tell them debs s voice is second none…oooh joy judging by yo description of yoself u r my type of gal lol…..
September 21st, 2010 at 12:41 pm
eish joy, id wish that 2 hey, im sure we wud be having smiles on our faces all day…. hey kitchen girl, n she turns to be a garden boy!! how hillarious is that ? ei bt 4 me rebeca rocks… i like her funny spirit n more when she sucks the news form her guests…. i remember 1 day there was deborah at gospel time, yoh rebeca was like sisi kwenzenjani ake u sicalele kuthi whhat happend.. si bona emaphepheni bethi manigeria… tell us sisi…
September 21st, 2010 at 12:54 pm
yah vele ungu mamgobhozi urebecca…btw udebz is getting married this december that will b her 3rd marriage….does anyone have a clue abt her forthcmng album?
September 22nd, 2010 at 10:09 am
Guys, guys, guys, mina i would say no one is perfect so we cant expect these people to be what we want them to be…Lets support u Debz noma engena direction nje. As for Ribz i just hate it when she sucks izindaba zabantu to be heard by the whole Sounth Africa engathi yena umsulwa akanasici, uzikhishiswa ubani yena ezakhe…But ke afterall asibasupporteni bantu…
September 30th, 2010 at 10:11 pm
Fusi, yima ngamatshe, I wasnt fighting nana
, Im just saying it like it is. I dont like Deb’s songs period! They dont build me, they dont put me in a spiritual mode. They are plain and dumb for me, my opinion skatie.
Sleak, :p usile wena :’) hahaha.
Zukiswa, nam’ uRibs ngithanda nje kuphela ipersonality yakhe ehlanyayo. Kodwa vele like Sleak said, Ribs is mamgobhozi. And whenever there is that Deborah Fraizer aka “Miss White Sackcloths” on the show, uRebecca ants to suck up izindaba from her, furthermore, uRibs will try to dress up in an expensive suit to outshine uMiss Star White herself, how sick!
they are such rivals its even written on their foreheads. S…T…U…P…I…D.
And naye ke uMiss lo, will try to wear a new White garment that Rebecca does not know, and both will be looking at each other soooo awkwardly engathi bayaghalelana. Sies labogogo
September 30th, 2010 at 10:17 pm
Nomusa, hi gal, WELCOME
October 25th, 2010 at 4:20 pm
joy!!! lolest… white sack garmets… lol eish rebeca vhele joh she likes news, but i enjoy that part vele, where she suck out news from people
January 3rd, 2011 at 2:49 pm
hey guys i don`t really understand why joy is making such nasty comments about someone who is so successful at least SHE does something for a living
January 3rd, 2011 at 2:55 pm
what is wrong with u joy? if u dnt lav her music jst leav hr alone stp criticizing n brng up ur talent show us what u got
January 3rd, 2011 at 2:59 pm
joy if you got something to say about Rebecca just call her or visit ITS GOSPEL TIME and tell her that rubbish you are saying about her pleeeeeaaaaasssssee
February 25th, 2011 at 8:59 am
ndi tou dzula ndi tshi zwidivha uri you do rock, i realy like you deborah
May 28th, 2011 at 3:53 pm
leave debz alone god z d only 1 hu can judge us. u a jst jelouse ukuth she sings nyc
July 20th, 2011 at 12:58 pm
Cha bantwabakethu, let’s forgive her, she is a human being and thus not infallible, it is humankind to err>>>.Yena nje uDebz what she has to do iz living a decent and honest life after all these circumstances leading to her character degeneration.God is unchanging <>,cry mightily to Him, He will help u sort out all these predicaments.After all there is a second chance in life; grab this second chance and remedy all these shortcomings.Luv u mama,keep on singing and revamping ur music, i will support u buy ur copies.
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