“Life without laughter and mirth would be a boring journey to the dry desert where water is a scarce commodity.”

The Vuwani reggae icon, Bashy Jahbless, is on a mission to take South Africa by storm with songs from his unreleased album, entitled Life's a blessing.

Bono Siaga has never been interested in anything except art and this passion is evident in all her splendid drawings.

“I have made a pact with my heart to always compose or produce the kind of music that people would relate to, because singing comes easy for me as I sing from the heart.”

Apostle Makhado Sinthumule Ramabulana describes himself as a former “fake prophet” who ran a successful prophetic church in Pretoria and gave other people spiritual powers to run big churches.

The 24-year-old Mfumo Maringa is a new musical sensation in the popular manyalo and house genres and her presence in the local music industry is unavoidable.

Tshilidzi Mukoma (36) of Ha- Rabali village has proved to many people that laziness never helps anybody but only brings misery and poverty. Mukoma is slowly but surely making a name for himself in the fashion industry. He is a designer and manufacturer of footwear (tekkies) in Pretoria, where he sells his products directly to shops and the public.

The music of the award-winning reggae artist, Jah Soldier, has elements of roots reggae and some traces of ragga, all of which make his music original and unique.

“Be so good that whenever you are not around, they feel your absence.”

The ever-shining Limpopo gospel star, Lufuno Phalanndwa, was the most nominated artist during the Limpopo Gospel Music Awards (LIGMA) nomination party that was held at the Fusion Boutique Hotel in Polokwane on Saturday night.

Lufuno Munzhelele is one of the musicians here from the Vhembe District who hold the view that people enjoy music most when it is played live.

Dr Rhulani Maringa, a medical doctor, has done exceptionally well with his début poetry collection, entitled A Pot of Poetry - a solid publication that contains 101 poems. The poems are laden with messages and worth reading, even though some are overly long. The book could probably have been published in two stand-alone publications, since it seems an extremely comprehensive collection of poetry.

A resident of Zava in Giyani, Gami Swaga, breathes life into every song he works on and lets that song find its wings and fly into the homes, workplaces, prisons, hospitals and marketplaces.

In 2009, Mpho Lihaiwa’s mother passed away and he was flung into a period of mourning, which was accompanied by “thinking too much and crying a lot”.

The multi-talented artist, Lucky Ntimani, has just made a public statement that he is shutting down his Tinyiko Art School in Mbhokota village near Elim, after experiencing years of endless financial hardship.