The New Hitmakers: How Social Media Is Rewriting The Rules Of Music Discovery
Chris Page - 05 Jun 2026
Juluka Walima' Mabele
Ngaze ngahamba mina Ngashona emoliva [I have journeyed until I came to the land of Mooi River] Umhlaba waphenduka kulonyaka [For this year the earth has been changed] Ilanga lakhipha umkhovo etsheni [The hot sun drives creatures out from under the stones] Imvula kayikho madoda [Oh man, there is no rain] Umuntu walima' mabele [And a person has ploughed his millet] Chorus: Walima' Mabele [he has ploughed the millet] Walima' Mabele imvula ka yikhoo [He has ploughed the millet and there is no rain] Madoda [Oh men] Walima' Mabele uusizi lupbhokile [He has ploughed the millet and destitution is rife] Madoda Walima' Mabele The sky is clear across the land Not a cloud for empty hands Who has undone the rain? Waiting for a windy day. To blow them along to a land of plenty Will I every see your people here again? 'Cause I heard them singing Chorus Families turn the dry earth Burning, burning, burning Who has undone the rain? Can it be the answer lies In a smile from forgotten times Will I ever see your face again? 'Cause I heard them singing Chorus Who has undone the rain I heard your people calling out On the dry plains of Africa Nothing grows, nothing shows a breath of life Dry dust in the morning light I heard them singing Give them your love -- lead them to a land of plenty Will I ever see your people here again? I heard them singing -- I heard them calling out your name Will I ever see your face again?
