I had to drop out from University due to lack of finance

Rise Africans Newspaper had so much fun with “Best Reader Award” winner of the month of March 2024! Rendani Edwell Ndlovu (38) is one Riser who cannot live without Rise Africans Newspaper, he really loves our content, enjoy the entertainment and education from the newspaper. A talented Gospel musician was born in a village called Siambe in Sibasa, Thohoyandou, Limpopo Province in South Africa.

“Life has never been easy, I had to drop out from University of Venda due to lack of finance , I was responsible for my tuition fees by selling music on the streets. I started singing at the age of 7 after getting inspired by the legends such as the late Oleseng Shadrack Shuping and Ntate Kori Moraba”, said Rendani.

Rise Africans Newspaper celebrated a massive achievement of reaching over 10,2 million audience on facebook account during a month of March 2024, history was made, and more people started to follow our content. “I came across Rise Africans Newspaper on Facebook and got inspired by the great work you are doing by promoting the Poets and entire community”, he added.

Music industry has changed much, in the late 90’s artists had an option of selling music on the streets to make money but now its hard to keep up with digital platform due to lot of fans being unable to buy a data to stream or download music.

“Challenges of self-marketing without a manager is a stress for us musicians. Opportunity to get an airplay or exposure is also another issue. Piracy is still ruining our music. I am not relying only on music, I am self employed specialising with Tiling, Ceiling and Painting to put bread on the table. I make music when I am free”, he said.

During his musical journey, Rendani has shared a stage with talented artists such as Dr Winnie Mashaba, Simon Makgathoela, Sione Jerusalem, Tau Diarora and Paul K. He is a well-known musician around Limpopo Province and won several awards.

“I have been nominated on the two categories in the Awards called Royal Gospel Music Awards (ROYGMA) and One of the Song nominated was trending strongly on Social media. People must not look down on themselves, you can make it only if you have a focus. It does not matter where you come from. Do not limit yourself”, concluded Rendani.

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