Tiyo Soga commemorative concert honours President Mbeki’s 84th birthday
Bona Magazine | 23.06.2026 22:45
Most South Africans have sung Tiyo Soga without ever being told whose words they were singing. Lizalis’ idinga lakho, fulfil your promise, has carried congregations through funerals and steadied crowds at political gatherings for over a century and a half. The melody endured; the name attached to it did not. On Saturday, 20 June 2026, the Thabo Mbeki Foundation and Classics on Turf put that name back in the room.
