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UJonathan Butler waqeda ukungazwani ngokobuhlanga emsakazweni waseNingizimu Afrika ngeminyaka yango-1980, wasebenza noWhitney Houston kanye noStevie Wonder, futhi uthole i-National Order yakhe kuphela manje.
UNorman Hlabane uchithe iminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha eqeqesha abashayisibhakela ephuma ejimini yaseSoweto futhi abangompetha bomhlaba okukhona kubo uDingaan Thobela, uLehlohonolo Ledwaba noHarry Simon.
INingizimu Afrika ihlonishwe kakhulu ngoLwesibili. Abanye babantu abawatholile sebelinde isikhathi eside.
UMengameli Cyril Ramaphosa ukhombe Izindondo Zikazwelonke kubantu abangu-36 e-Sefako Makgatho Presidential Guesthouse ePitoli. Le miklomelo iya kubantu baseNingizimu Afrika kanye nabakwamanye amazwe asebethuthuke ngentando yeningi futhi bathuthukisa izimpilo zabantu kuleli. Uhlu lwalo nyaka luthinta ezobuciko, ezemidlalo, ezesayensi, ezemithi kanye nomzabalazo wenkululeko.
Umqeqeshi wamaBhokobhoko uRassie Erasmus uthole i-Order of Ikhamanga in Gold. Uthathe iqembu lesizwe ebelidonsa kanzima ngo-2018 futhi wahola amaBhokobhoko ukuthi anqobe izicoco zeNdebe Yomhlaba yebhola lombhoxo zilandelana ngo-2019 nango-2023. Uphinde waqoka uSiya Kolisi njengokaputeni wokuqala wamaBhokobhoko.
Isihlabane seKwaito u-Oscar “Oskido” Mdlongwa nomshayi we-flautist uWouter Kellerman nabo bathole i-Order of Ikhamanga in Gold, ehlonishwa ngamagalelo abo emculweni nasekuthuthukisweni kwentsha, dkuthuthukisweni komphakathi ngokulandelana kwabo.
U-Andiswa Gebashe ukhulele ekhaya lapho ulimi lwezandla (sign language) kuyiyona into okuxhunywana ngayo. Uyise wayengezwa emadlebeni, kanti uLimi Lwezandla LwaseNingizimu Afrika kwakuwulimi alufunda kuqala.
“Angisakhumbuli ukuthi ngangineminyaka emingaki,” kusho yena.
“Mhlawumbe wawuneminyaka emingaki ufunda ukukhuluma? Ngangisebenzisa i-sign language ngaphambi kokuthi ngikhulume.” Uqhubeke nokuba ngumhumushi wokuqala woLimi Lwezandla lwaseNingizimu Afrika esiteji sikaMiss South Africa, ngo-2024. Wathola i-Order of Ikhamanga in Silver.
UJonathan Butler uthole ukuhlonishwa okufanayo. Ukhulele e-Athlone, eKapa, futhi waba yiciko lokuqala laseNingizimu Afrika eliMnyama ukuthola ukudlalwa eziteshini zomsakazo eziqokwe abamhlophe. Kwadingeka akhe umsebenzi wakhe phesheya. Ingoma yakhe yango-1987 ethi “Lies” yafinyelela kunombolo 27 ku-US Billboard Hot 100 futhi yathola ukuqokwa kweGrammy.
Uqophe ama-albhamu angaphezu kuka-28 futhi wasebenza noWhitney Houston, uGeorge Benson noStevie Wonder.
UNorman Hlabane, owaziwa emqhudelwaneni wesibhakela ngelika-Bra Knox, uchithe iminyaka engamashumi ayisithupha esebenza ezindaweni zokuzivocavoca eSoweto.
Uqale ukuqeqesha ngo-1976 futhi waqeqesha uDingaan Thobela kusukela esemncane eneminyaka engu-14 ubudala waba ngumpetha womhlaba izikhathi eziningi. Uphinde waqeqesha uLehlohonolo Ledwaba, uPeter Malinga noHarry Simon. Uthole indondo ye-Order of Ikhamanga in Silver ngeqhaza lakhe esibhakeleni nasekuthuthukiseni intsha.
Abahlonishiwe abayisishiyagalolunye bangoLwesibili bathole izindondo zabo bengasekho emhlabeni, okuhlanganisa nezingqalabutho ze-jazz uKippie Moeketsi noJonny Dyani, umqambi wamakwaya uBenjamin Tyamzashe nombhali uDalene Matthee.
UNhlanhla Sibisi, oyisikhulu seRecording Industry of South Africa, uthe abahlonishiwe “baphathe indaba yesizwe sakithi ngesigqi, ngokuzwana nangokwakha ngokungesabi.”
Esithombeni esingenhla: UMengameli Cyril Ramaphosa Emcimbini Kazwelonke Wokutshalwa Kwezindondo ePitoli ngoLwesibili, ngomhlaka-19 kuNhlaba ka-2026.
Umthombo wesithombe: Sithunyelwe