Thandiswa Mazwai’s massive birthday celebration

Mazwai invited some of her closest friends and artists to perform for the many fans that flocked to the event last night.

Thandiswa Mazwai performs at the DSTV iRock Music Festival in Port Elizabeth, 04 April 2015. The event hosted some of South Africa’s biggest acts including AKA, Thandiswa Mazwai, Beatenburg and many others. Picture: Refilwe Modise

The old Baseline building in Newtown deserves to be declared an accurately built structure for surviving the buzz, celebration and massive turn-out of Thandiswa Mazwai’s 40^TH Birthday celebration last night.

The Bongo Maffin lead singer invited some of her closest friends and artists to perform for the many fans that flocked to the event last night. Among the performers were Mzansi’s ever soulful Ringo Madlingozi, Moonchild and Nokwazi Dlamini.

King Tha! then took the stage to perform songs from her Album ‘Zabalaza’, ‘Ibokwe’ and ‘Dance of the forgotten free’, sending the crowd to cloud nine, and guiding them to memory lane with some of Bongo Muffins major hits. Mazwai who had everyone at Baseline singing a happy birthday song for her, ending the night by sharing her birthday cake with everyone who attended the event.

Happy birthday King Tha!