POLOKWANE – Many people do not know that the Department of Sport, Arts and Culture as well as Social Development have a choir. The departmental choir started a few months ago as a collaboration between the two departments and comprises of 37 committed choir members dominated by women.
Under Chief Conductor, Tshidi Malema’s watchful eye, the choir’s leadership is flanked by co-conductors Dipuo Hiine, Cynthia Mathabatha and Jotham Mahlangu. “We all know that music is the food of love and we are a team,” says Malema.
She says the choir’s biggest challenge right now is that it is dominated mostly by women. “We would love to see men joining the choir. Maybe one thing to take note of is that we do voice exercises, which should not be a problem at all to those who might think they are vocally wounded,’ she says. Malema says the choir would love to see more men joining as this would give them an opportunity, not only to expand, but they intend on forming quartets and duets.
Some of the choir’s performances include a memorial service of a colleague in the department of Social Development, the Sport, Arts and Culture Imbizo in Polokwane, Translation Day in Dzimauli, Place of Safety in Polokwane as well as at a surprise birthday mini celebration of MEC Mashamba.
“Our aim is to sing different kinds of music, let it be gospel, traditional, notation and mashamsham”
MEC Joyce Mashamba is proud of the choir and her wish is to see it grow from strength to strength
