BY PHUMZILE NDLOVU
MBABANE – If you missed this year’s MTN Bushfire Festival, worry not, as it will be screened tomorrow on SABC 1.
This year’s festival was held on May 31–June 02, at the luscious Malandelas lawn in Malkerns.
Catch the unforgettable moments from MTN Bushfire 2024 on SABC1-Mzansi Fo Sho tomorrow (Saturday, November 23, 2024) at 8pm on DSTV channel 191 and discover the festival magic. This was announced by the festival page yesterday.
Promo advertisements also alerting viewers about the screening of the most celebrated festival in Southern Africa have been running on SABC 1 this month.
Be sure to tune into this special highlights broadcast of the 2024 edition of the MTN Bushfire festival, featuring an exclusive look at some of the performances from this year’s globally-infused, multidisciplinary programme and interviews with the festival’s team.
Hailed by CNN as the seventh must-attend festival, this year’s festival recorded at least 20 000 daily attendees for the three-day festival.
This year, the MTN Bushfire Main Stage was headlined by the legendary founders of the Malian Blues, Amadou & Mariam. They have collaborated with some of the world’s greatest names and toured the world’s largest festivals over the course of a career spanning almost 50 years, spreading their joie de vivre and establishing themselves as the ultimate ambassadors of Afro-pop. The Main Stage featured a host of renowned musicians, including one of South Africa’s most beloved stars, Thandiswa Mazwai, who set the MTN Bushfire stage ablaze with her uplifting socio-political messaging and inspiring fusion of traditional Xhosa rhythms, Mbaqanga, Funk, Jazz, and Reggae. Other Main Stage artists included the pioneer/voice of ‘Swazi Soul’, Eswatini’s Bholoja, and, from South Africa, Jeremy Loops, Makhadzi, as well as the Grammy-nominated enigmatic ‘spirit of African Soul’, Musa Keys, among many fine acts.
The 18th edition next year will be held on 30 May-1 June ,2025.
