Simphiwe Dana celebrates Zandisile while embracing a new chapter with MOYA

Breakfast with Bongani Bingwa · 4 June 2026 · 6m

Speaker 1: This is breakfast with. Speaker 2: Where does the time go? Speaker 1: Can you believe it's been more than two decades since we first heard those strings, Speaker 1: since we first heard that chorus. Zandisile introduced the legendary Simpure Dana, who now celebrates Speaker 1: more than two decades since the release of that iconic album, and it's coming out Speaker 1: with a legacy record special vining signing, vinyl signing event for fans and collectors. And Speaker 1: of course it comes also hot on the heels of the earlier release this year Speaker 1: of her latest work Moya, and she joins us in the studio, Simpio, Al is Speaker 1: a pleasure to chat to you. Speaker 2: Thank you so much for having leaving then more than two decades. Speaker 3: Yes, in almost as long. Speaker 1: That iconic intro just take us back to specifically, of course, one of the songs Speaker 1: on the Zandisila album, the iconic intro of Red. The look of the album, the Speaker 1: cover, the colors. It was also well considered and so unique and instantly made you Speaker 1: iconic. Speaker 3: I had no expectation of any of that. I was just as taken by surprise Speaker 3: as as everyone else who embraced my work, my earlier work. I thought I would Speaker 3: have a niche kind of following, So it was quite a nice surprise when the Speaker 3: whole country embraced me. I remember one of my very first shows. Speaker 2: It was.

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