Izingqwele zomculo wesicathamiya iKholwa Brothers eThekwini zicela usizo lwezimali ukuze zisebenzisane nomdidiyeli wodumo waseMelika uJeffrey Weber. Waziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe nezihlabani zomhlaba ezifana no-Ariana Grande no-Aretha Franklin, u-Weber uthembise ukuqopha nokukhiqiza izingoma ezine neqembu ehambisana nabaculi abasezingeni lomhlaba.
Leli thuba liqhamuke ngemuva kokuthi iqembu leKholwa Brothers liqophe umlando ngokunqoba kumaWorld Championships of Performing Arts ngo-2022 eLos Angeles, lapho uWeber, oyijaji, ekhangwe wubuciko bezwi nokusebenza kahle. Manje uhlose ukubasiza balethe umculo wabo kubabukeli bomhlaba wonke.
Kodwa-ke, leli qembu libhekene nengqinamba enkulu: ukuqoqa u-R2.9 million ukuze kukhokhelwe uhambo, indawo yokuhlala, ama-visa, isikhathi se-studio, nezinye izindleko zomklamo wezinsuku ezinhlanu eCalifornia. Imizamo yokuthola uxhaso eMnyangweni wezeMidlalo, ubuCiko namaSiko KwaZulu-Natal ayiphumelelanga ngenxa yokushoda kwesabelomali, uMnyango uveze ukuthi imali izotholakala kuphela ngo-Ephreli 2025.
“Sike saxhumana nomnyango kodwa asikaze siyithole impendulo ecacile,” kusho uDerrick Mlambo, umsunguli waleli qembu. Wachaza ukuthi isabelomali sabo sincishisiwe ngenxa yezaphulelo zethimba lephrojekthi, elicela kuphela ukuhlinzekwa okuyisisekelo njengezokuthutha nokudla.
Khonamanjalo, leli qembu elinamalungu angu-10, aseke acula eNingizimu Afrika yonkana nakwamanye amazwe emazweni afana neJalimane, Brazil, China, ne-Italy, lethula umkhankaso wokuqoqa izimali. Banxusa abantu baseNingizimu Afrika ukuthi bawusekele umsebenzi wabo ngeminikelo yombhalo, begqamisa ukuzigqaja okungaba khona esizweni.
IKholwa Brothers igujwe endaweni ngemiklomelo efana ne-Amaqhawe (Our Heroes) Award ngo-Okthoba 2024 kanye ne-Lifetime Achiever’s Award kuma-SIP Isicathamiya Music Awards ngoNovemba 2024.
UJeffrey Weber, ecabanga ngamakhono eqembu, wabelane: “Ngizibophezele ngokugcwele ezingeni labo lempumelelo kanye nokusebenza ngendlela emangalisayo abanayo.”
Kuqembu leKholwa Brothers, lokhu kubambisana kukhombisa ithuba lokukhuphula umculo wesicathamiya ezingeni lomhlaba wonke, iphupho abathemba ukuthi lizohambisana nabalandeli ezweni lonke.