Sjava To Boycott The Standard Bank Luju Festival To Stand In Solidarity With Swazis
Sjava To Boycott The Standard Bank Luju Festival To Stand In Solidarity With Swazis. Sjava is amongst the SA rappers who have remained consistency in the game. Ever since he got a record deal with Ambitiouz Entertainment the ‘Umama’ hitmaker has contributed so much in the game. Despite his influence in hip hop Sjava has never shied away from his culture and ubuntu belief, and that’s so telling with the way he present himself with his culture aligned outfits in most of his music videos.
Sjava was reportedly supposed to participate at the Standard Bank Luju Festival in Swaziland, but news emerged that the rapper has decided to withdraw from the show. This came after the hip hop star decided to stand in solidarity with the people of Swazi who are being killed in Mswati.
Just to confirm Sjava’s withdrawal to perfom at the festival, Bonginkosi IB Dlamini, the Convenor of the United Eswatini Diaspora(UED) has made it clear that the rapper will not be participating as he is standing in solidarity with the Swazi people.
“We have received the confirmation that Sjava is standing with the oppressed people of Swaziland, so he is pulling out of the Luju Festival eSwatini. We would like to thank Sjava and his team and Vusi Leeuw,the President of the Music Association in South Africa. We also thank the Swaziland Solidarity Network(SSN), an organization we collaborated with when lobbying the musicians to pull out,” he said.
Sjava has received an overwhelming support following his decision not to participate at the show. Lucky Lukhele, the Spokesperson of the Swaziland Solidarity Network(SSN is one of the officials who have applauded the rapper’s move to stand with the people. “Firstly, I would like to thank Sjava for this solidarity gesture without forgetting comrade Mzwakhe Mbuli whom we worked with holding several meetings and lobbying artists to stand in solidarity with the people”, he said.
Not only that Sjava has stand with the people of Swazi, but he has also advocated against gender based violence after paying tribute to victims of such acts. His song “Impilo” is a clear indication on how influential he has been when it comes to the abuse of women and any other gender in the society.
