ARTS & CULTURE

INingizimu Afrika ikhala ngokulahlekelwa ngomunye wethalente layo lamahlaya, uBongani Oscar Mgudlwa - odume ngelikaMadluphuthu - odlule emhlabeni ngoLwesithathu ekuseni, ngoJulayi 16, eneminyaka engu-50. Lo mlingisi nosomahlaya, amazwi akhe abukhali kanye namahlaya angahlungiwe amenza waduma ekuqaleni kweminyaka yawo-2000, kubikwa ukuthi waquleka ngenxa yezinkinga zokuphefumula ngemuva kokugula isikhashana. Ulaliswe esibhedlela eRosettenville, eGoli, ngaphambi kokuthi kuqinisekiswe ukushona kwakhe yindodana yakhe, u-Asanda Mgudlwa, obhale amazwi athinta inhliziyo ezinkundleni zokuxhumana. “Lala ngokuthula baba ngiyakuthanda futhi ngiyohlala ngikuthanda Madiba Dlomo”. Umfanekiso Omuhle Kumahlaya ElokishiniU-Oscar Mgudlwa, owazalelwa wakhulela eDaveyton, empumalanga yeGoli, waduma ekuqaleni kweminyaka yawo-2000 ngochungechunge lwefilimu eyayinesabelo-mali esiphansi iMadluphuthu. La maDVD, ajwayele ukudayiswa ngemali engaphansi kuka-R50, abe yimpumelelo emalokishini ezweni lonke. Amafilimu akhe, okuhlanganisa nethi Madluphuthu 1 & 2, My Sh*t Father, nethi My Lotto Ticket, athakazelisa izethameli ngezithombe eziyiqiniso nezijabulisayo zempilo yaselokishini. Isitayela samahlaya sikaMadluphuthu esiyingqayizivele, esiphelele nophawu lwakhe lwezibuko ze-3D kanye nomuntu ohamba phambili, simenze waqanjwa ngokuthi “usomahlaya wabantu.” Ngaphandle kokulingisa, ubephinde abe ngumbhali, umculi, nomqambi wezingoma, ebambe iqhaza emculweni wekwaito ehambisana nabaculi abafana noMapaputsi. Umsebenzi wakhe wakamuva wambona egxumela kumabonakude, edlala indima ekhumbulekayo emdlalweni we-e.TV othi, Isitha, The Black Door, kanye nemidlalo eyalandela emuva. Ozakwabo basembonini nabalandeli bamchaze njengomuntu oqaphile ohlale eqhakambisa ukuxoxwa kwezindaba zasekasi eziyiqiniso. Izindaba zokushona kwakhe zivuse inqwaba yezindondo ezivela kwabanye abaculi, abalandeli nezindlu zokukhiqiza.U-Thokozane...