Contralesa secretary general and champion of Ancestors Day Zolani Mkiva has challenged the government to live up to the dictates of the Freedom Charter and listen and act on the people’s demands, ...

Medellín (Colombia), 15 jul (EFE).Medellín (Colombia), 15 jul (EFE). — El poeta y cantautor sudafricano Zolani Mkiva, declarado “imbongi” o trovador popular del expresidente y Premio Nobel de la Paz ...

He's always been clear about his love of culture. He's a poet, actor, praise singer (imbongi) and traditionalist. Zolani Mkiva has now come up with the idea of having an Inaugural Ancestors Day. The ...

The Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) is calling on the government to declare Ancestors’ Day, on 8 May, a national public holiday, to honour and observe African spirituality ...

There is an urgent need for government to deal with people who undermine African cultures, poet Zolani Mkiva said on Wednesday. “Our cultures are attacked all time by the people who undermine it and ...

For 13 years, Zolani Mkiva and the late Nelson Mandela travelled extensively together, sharing planes, meals and cups of tea as the praise-singer sang Mandela’s attributes, often dressed in animal ...

Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa (Contralesa) secretary-general Zolani Mkiva has confirmed that the institution's national executive committee (NEC), led by its president, Kgosi Mathupa ...

Business people should not prevent people from accessing their ancestral heritage sites for ritual purposes, says Zolani Mkiva, general secretary of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa ...

South African traditional leaders plan to perform ritual animal slaughters to bless stadiums for the 2010 World Cup tournament ahead of the start of the showcase event next June, they said on Friday.

Transkei-born praise singer Zolani Mkiva will hold the world’s attention today as the first act at the opening ceremony of the 2010 World Cup “I am thrilled. Making it more exciting and historic is ...