Lutendo Evens Mugagadeli, popularly known as Vendaboy Poet, will perform in the president’s home language of Tshivenda at the Opening of Parliament Address.
CAPE TOWN - As is customary for the Opening of Parliament Address, President Cyril Ramaphosa will be accompanied into the Cape Town City Hall on Thursday night by an imbongi.
The praise singer's role is not only about cultural performance but to reflect on the socio-economic and political state of the nation. Lutendo Evens Mugagadeli, popularly known as Vendaboy Poet, rose to prominence when he did an impromptu performance for the president on a domestic flight six years ago.Parliament’s choice of Lutendo Mugagadeli is in line with rotating the reflection of the country’s linguistic diversity."I waited seven years to be given such an opportunity. I praised the president in the plane in 2018, where I've been longing to be in Parliament for the first time.
He said that he was undeterred by the forecasted downpours that could accompany the president's arrival, viewing it as a blessing on the occasion.
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