JOHANNESBURG - Thandiswa Mazwai at 48, represents many things: a mother, a storyteller, intentional and in her own words, a rebel singer.
"The last 30 years has shown us that, indeed, power corrupts… absolute power corrupts absolutely," she remarked when thinking about South Africa, three decades into democracy. Again, Mazwai’s voice, her perspective, her fellowship or the sharing of her gifts, is well-timed, as her work, which speaks of the daily struggles, politics and trauma facing many, comes as the country prepares to go to the ballots on 29 May that for many, is an opportunity for a reset or to at least attempt to arrest the downward trajectory South Africa has been experiencing.
"In my personal life, in my family, most people don't have jobs, most people are heavily depressed and so they are drinking… so many of my family members who are living ekasi - that’s their lifestyle… you're unemployed, you're depressed, you're drinking, you're doing drugs, you've been to prison, you don't have any hope and that's why we say to each other 'uzoba strong' because you have nothing and the only thing you can do is be strong and...
"Because if you come to a lawless country, you are welcome to be lawless because South Africa is a lawless country. Our politicians are lawless, and if the politicians are lawless, it's very easy for everybody else to start thinking: 'How can we be lawless in order to survive?'"
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