The memorial lecture will be delivered by cultural practitioner Dr Sipho Sithole and will be staged in conjunction with the Ladysmith Black Mambazo Mobile Academy.The legend was recently honoured by President Cyril Ramaphosa with an order of Ikhamanga in Gold for excelling in the fields of arts, culture and music.
Speaking to Sowetan on Monday, Sithole said it was an honour and privilege for him to present the inaugural memorial lecture. The group’s manager and academy director Xolani Majozi said: “University of Fort Hare has produced many great academics and political leaders who have changed the landscape of our sociopolitical history to what is today.
Vice-chancellor Prof Sakhela Buhlungu said the university was honoured to host the inaugural memorial lecture of one of the greatest and most exceptional SA musicians.