Shabalala, who died last week after a long illness, will be laid to rest at his hometown of Ladysmith today. Founder of the multi-award-winning musical group Ladysmith Black Mambazo will be honoured ...

Joseph Shabalala, founder of male choral group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, has died aged 78. Shabalala passed away at a Pretoria hospital on Tuesday, the band's manager Xolani Majozi told The Times, a ...

Joseph Shabalala is living his dream. His Mambazo Foundation for South African Music & Culture exists because “Mambazo always dreamed of (my) dream of Ladysmith Black Mambazo Music Academy,” the group ...

When Joseph Bhekizizwe Shabalala died, I stopped in my tracks and just let the sadness pull me down. And then inspiration from his beacon of a life lifted me back up. Shabalala’s own response to the ...

Joseph Shabalala, the gentle-voiced South African songwriter whose choir, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, brought Zulu music to listeners worldwide, died Tuesday in a hospital in Pretoria. He was 78. The ...

Eight years ago director Mpumi “Supa” Mbele went to watch a live performance of South African group Ladysmith Black Mambazo in Joburg Theatre with his son, who had no idea who they were but was amazed ...

You know the music, whether you know it or not. During the past 15 years the whispery African vocals of Ladysmith Black Mambazo could be heard on Sesame Street, on soundtracks, even in commercials for ...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo will perform July 18 in Mechanics Hall. The male a cappella vocal group from South Africa dates back to 1960. The group's songs are centered around "hope, peace and love," says ...

The story of Joseph Shabalala, who rose to international fame with his band Ladysmith Black Mambazo after contributing to Paul Simon’s massively successful Graceland album. Bathed in Ladysmith’s ...

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The founder of the South African multi-Grammy-Award-winning music group Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Joseph Shabalala, has died at age 78, the group and the government announced ...