Here's what went down at the 'A night with Legends' kwaito concert

A Night with Legends saw hundreds of music lovers and people that live and breath kwaito gathered under one roof at Gallagher Estate, Midrand, on Saturday night. 

A lot of us grew up listening to Kwaito which influenced a great deal of SA's popular culture and with it the fashion, the lingo and all things proudly black. It's more than just a genre, it's our DNA that's authentically ours as South Africans.

Seasoned broadcaster Thabo 'T'BoTouch' Molefe hosted the show and took the stage to an already electrified audience. One thing I appreciated about Saturday night's audience was the free spirit they carried throughout the night.

Though it was meant to be a celebration of the legends and the kwaito genre, a few artists were merged into the line-up who have that new age kwaito genre on lock. The likes of Tdk Macassette, Nobantu vilakazi, Xigubu, Bizizi performed in the segment called Young Women in Song. 

Kabelo “Bugalove” Mabalane kicked off the kwaito side of the performances and he reminded us why we gave him names like 'Mr Booger two shoes', and he brought the house down — just one man with no backup dancers. He performed some songs as an ode to the late Tokollo 'Magesh' Tshabalala who died on August 15.

The brains behind the festival, Arthur Mafokate, also took the stage and brought Chommi on stage too and the pair performed 999 music, reuniting years after the group split.

Zola 7 had his time on stage as well. He assured his fans he was doing just fine and not dying like some people were claiming. 

The event included performances by Thebe, Doc shebeleza, Joe Nina, Oskido.

Mdu sealed the night with his classics but his performance was unfortunately cut short because it was time to close the show. Overall the night was amazing and gave hope to others that the genre won't die any time soon. 

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