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Meet the SA choirmaster who has ‘America’s Got Talent’ in rhapsodies

13 August 2019 - 08:00 By Alex Patrick
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Ralf Schmitt, musical director of the Ndlovu Youth Choir, puts members through their paces ahead of the live rounds of 'America’s Got Talent'.
Ralf Schmitt, musical director of the Ndlovu Youth Choir, puts members through their paces ahead of the live rounds of 'America’s Got Talent'.
Image: Sebabatso Mosamo

“Just because you’re born in poverty doesn’t mean you are poverty.”

These were the powerful words of the Ndlovu Youth Choir choirmaster Ralf Schmitt after the Limpopo group knocked the socks off the judges at America’s Got Talent.

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