https://mbalidhlamini.com mbalidhlamin.com Wed, 10 May 2023 16:33:57 +0000 https://mbalidhlamini.com en https://mbalidhlamini.com/About Wed, 27 May 2015 16:08:07 +0000 mbalidhlamin.com https://mbalidhlamini.com/About &nbsp;Mbali Dhlamini (b. Johannesburg, South Africa, 1990; MA University of the Witwatersrand, 2015) is a multidisciplinary artist and visual researcher.&nbsp; Dhlamini performs visual, tactile and discursive investigations into current indigenous cultural practices. With a view towards decolonized practices in contemporary culture, her work is in constant conversation with her past and present visual landscapes. Working to maintain a state of unlearning and relearning, Dhlamini’s process recognises language as a medium of understanding and as a repository of knowledge. Dhlamini is a dynamic and energetic practitioner who exists across roles within the arts sector - from producing her own work to facilitating self-sustaining artist collectives, exhibitions and other art-centered gatherings. Contact: info@mbalidhlamini.com https://mbalidhlamini.com/Igama-lakho-elihle Wed, 10 May 2023 15:54:20 +0000 mbalidhlamin.com https://mbalidhlamini.com/Igama-lakho-elihle Igama lakho elihle. Site specific installation informed by archival images from the World Council of Churches. Umlindelo is a Zulu word for a practice that is conducted a night before a burial or a religious/ancestral ceremony. Ukulindela is to await, to take a pause and remain present in a moment by acknowledging the reason for the engagement. During Umlindelo a series of events are performed that are in line with the intention of the ceremony. During her residency at Embassy of Foreign Artists in Geneva, Mbali will expanded on her masters research, which focused on the etymology of colour in South African Indigenous languages and how African Independent Churches use colour to appropriate Christianity. She spent time studying the archives from the Swiss missionaries that were sent to South Africa to establish churches. The archive is situated at The Ecumenical Centre in Geneva, Switzerland and serves as the base for Church organisations such as the world council of churches. Mbali&nbsp; submerged herself in the archive and creates a dialogue by staging&nbsp; umilindelo and inviting the public to Lindela (observe) with her. Mbali explains her project: “I am drawn to this research by the titles used to describe and label most of the images. The images are generally titled ‘African women/African men‘ with often only the Swiss missionaries named. The project intends to Lindela (dwell) on the titles and use artistic interpretations to rethink and rename the images. Through this process I ask; how do you bring back the image to the owner? How do you retract images recorded and shared publicly without the subject’s consent? What is the significance of these images that exist in colonial archives and museums, outside their country of origin? Can the images be erased? Or rather, how do you reimagine the image and its place in history? These questions will unfold through the series of events performed during Umlindelo. <img width="3936" height="2952" width_o="3936" height_o="2952" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/25f2566d159eb9e0b7571a53602a59b5fa344cc305b15058038e0c2d8131a77a/Umlindelo-installation-4.jpg" data-mid="178346861" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/25f2566d159eb9e0b7571a53602a59b5fa344cc305b15058038e0c2d8131a77a/Umlindelo-installation-4.jpg" /><img width="3983" height="2987" width_o="3983" height_o="2987" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fddcd33c96d49feb933e244e626eeab9098b797caa2a8d5afaa8d741f8355a56/Umlindelo-installation-3.jpg" data-mid="178346860" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fddcd33c96d49feb933e244e626eeab9098b797caa2a8d5afaa8d741f8355a56/Umlindelo-installation-3.jpg" /><img width="4032" height="3024" width_o="4032" height_o="3024" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/54c8e6e3a9e5b1763a3e43f0d4487cdebba62000bce05ec0bd0bf932a847e772/Umlindelo-installation-1.jpg" data-mid="178346859" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/54c8e6e3a9e5b1763a3e43f0d4487cdebba62000bce05ec0bd0bf932a847e772/Umlindelo-installation-1.jpg" /> https://mbalidhlamini.com/Installations-Experimental-Performance-etc Fri, 16 Sep 2016 15:46:07 +0000 mbalidhlamin.com https://mbalidhlamini.com/Installations-Experimental-Performance-etc Umlindelo Sound and candle installation. A collaborative contribution between Mbali Dhlamini and Rangoato Hlasane for The Longest Night : A series of salutes and lamentations coordinated by Francis Burger. University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. 2014. <img width="5000" height="3311" width_o="5000" height_o="3311" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2c10314f5ab213a565bd61508f4bbbf7fc26bff701813b3c1c38e6e1239e92d1/DSC_0201_o.JPG" data-mid="94825046" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2c10314f5ab213a565bd61508f4bbbf7fc26bff701813b3c1c38e6e1239e92d1/DSC_0201_o.JPG" /><img width="5000" height="3311" width_o="5000" height_o="3311" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/69a7cd645288e437ac83c88fc9bfae9cb556b892f12cc31bf52ae0f9483bf056/DSC_0203_o.JPG" data-mid="94825042" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/69a7cd645288e437ac83c88fc9bfae9cb556b892f12cc31bf52ae0f9483bf056/DSC_0203_o.JPG" /><img width="5000" height="3311" width_o="5000" height_o="3311" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/10a6d38f6a7d04d80c7b5add71daf6ea488899d750ef0c571e6be666f8401e5d/DSC_0200_o.JPG" data-mid="94825045" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/10a6d38f6a7d04d80c7b5add71daf6ea488899d750ef0c571e6be666f8401e5d/DSC_0200_o.JPG" /> Untitled: site specific installaion&nbsp; Dakar Bienalle, 2022 <img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a01f87f4c2d49aba8165e7b14c922e3502cf72cc3f59ebca00eb782d34b95ede/Copy-of-BR0I5146.jpg" data-mid="178343311" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a01f87f4c2d49aba8165e7b14c922e3502cf72cc3f59ebca00eb782d34b95ede/Copy-of-BR0I5146.jpg" /><img width="5472" height="3648" width_o="5472" height_o="3648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4e0f3160ebdbf0d72e8d2651d6ea49ce32dbd94c52abe8006cf693195732ff3c/Copy-of-BR0I5151.jpg" data-mid="178343313" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/4e0f3160ebdbf0d72e8d2651d6ea49ce32dbd94c52abe8006cf693195732ff3c/Copy-of-BR0I5151.jpg" /> https://mbalidhlamini.com/Works-on-Paper Thu, 14 Apr 2016 16:16:44 +0000 mbalidhlamin.com https://mbalidhlamini.com/Works-on-Paper Monotype Silkscreens A series of screen prints exploring the symbolism of Umbala/Mmala and the different vocab nodes each Umbala/Mmala* carries. 2015-2016. *Umbala/Mmala is a Zulu/Sotho word used to describe or define a mark or speck. Its use extends from descriptions of a hue, shade or tint to other different words. Umbala/Mmala is translated to colour in English. UmbalaMmala can be used to describe more than a hundred different things and contexts in Zulu/Sotho. The word’s meaning changes depending on the context in which it is used. <img width="3675" height="5333" width_o="3675" height_o="5333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3aa996c83cca9f2516232e1b52005cd191757e83125e203c4cbe264a17a5a7be/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Mopostola-O-motle.2015.jpg" data-mid="94825037" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/3aa996c83cca9f2516232e1b52005cd191757e83125e203c4cbe264a17a5a7be/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Mopostola-O-motle.2015.jpg" /><img width="3542" height="5333" width_o="3542" height_o="5333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/56b3475562e4c02984e6b46db97377092f0b37d474251a7425b814936ae0397e/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Seaparo-Sa-Moya--Se-Halalelang.2015.jpg" data-mid="94825038" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/56b3475562e4c02984e6b46db97377092f0b37d474251a7425b814936ae0397e/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Seaparo-Sa-Moya--Se-Halalelang.2015.jpg" /><img width="3619" height="5333" width_o="3619" height_o="5333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/f12557b1493c137cfaaad83f7ed7f86c873a9a923fc5f1c85dad35bfb19f6f80/Mbali-Dhlamini.-St-Jewel-Apostolic-Church.2015.jpg" data-mid="94825039" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/f12557b1493c137cfaaad83f7ed7f86c873a9a923fc5f1c85dad35bfb19f6f80/Mbali-Dhlamini.-St-Jewel-Apostolic-Church.2015.jpg" /><img width="3067" height="5333" width_o="3067" height_o="5333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/41048bbb8524d22de141372e9320e5f15ef71148529903ce9fc73d2f11eed86c/Mbali-Dhlamini.Amakholwa-Apostolic-Church.2015.jpg" data-mid="94825041" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/41048bbb8524d22de141372e9320e5f15ef71148529903ce9fc73d2f11eed86c/Mbali-Dhlamini.Amakholwa-Apostolic-Church.2015.jpg" /> https://mbalidhlamini.com/Nonanne-Site-Specific-drawings Wed, 10 May 2023 14:41:14 +0000 mbalidhlamin.com https://mbalidhlamini.com/Nonanne-Site-Specific-drawings Nonanne- Site Specific drawings 2021-2023.&nbsp; <img width="3878" height="2648" width_o="3878" height_o="2648" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2ccc5c24dedd7d635e29262fb552e7acd61f78c0534dc820a6782e816182d5fb/IMG_1319.jpg" data-mid="178353114" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2ccc5c24dedd7d635e29262fb552e7acd61f78c0534dc820a6782e816182d5fb/IMG_1319.jpg" /> <img width="2716" height="3426" width_o="2716" height_o="3426" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2e688eec0f2351df06ed0548c28d37ca615d74a58c795175f2c4feb724045197/IMG_1315.jpg" data-mid="178352970" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2e688eec0f2351df06ed0548c28d37ca615d74a58c795175f2c4feb724045197/IMG_1315.jpg" /><img width="1535" height="2048" width_o="1535" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/78a244d891ddcc686aa567e018dcd70b650772424d2de684653f7c438d52406a/IMG_0402.JPG" data-mid="178352008" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/78a244d891ddcc686aa567e018dcd70b650772424d2de684653f7c438d52406a/IMG_0402.JPG" /><img width="2858" height="3572" width_o="2858" height_o="3572" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7722b40bf9979011424ca6641b0d82cb4a6342dce498be64fa3f10c83a24be70/7E1D3738-97F9-4945-9F62-F04C2438EA10.jpg" data-mid="178349766" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/7722b40bf9979011424ca6641b0d82cb4a6342dce498be64fa3f10c83a24be70/7E1D3738-97F9-4945-9F62-F04C2438EA10.jpg" /><img width="2048" height="1536" width_o="2048" height_o="1536" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/adc1ff9c181b3bb812298a480624913312350975eb8e431622d3273a40af255b/IMG_7835.jpg" data-mid="178334819" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/adc1ff9c181b3bb812298a480624913312350975eb8e431622d3273a40af255b/IMG_7835.jpg" /><img width="1513" height="2048" width_o="1513" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1de2aa8ccbbb55634b61e592f1e1cdacd1155ec6b6b1f1213e36bcd3f8288b30/FullSizeRender2.jpg" data-mid="178334817" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/1de2aa8ccbbb55634b61e592f1e1cdacd1155ec6b6b1f1213e36bcd3f8288b30/FullSizeRender2.jpg" /><img width="1368" height="2048" width_o="1368" height_o="2048" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/432e2763b7558e1d5511dc895edf37dfd91951434c2d62062cb90009520a7c4c/FullSizeRender1.jpg" data-mid="178334816" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/432e2763b7558e1d5511dc895edf37dfd91951434c2d62062cb90009520a7c4c/FullSizeRender1.jpg" /> A series of drawings created during several trips in Dakar, Senegal.&nbsp; https://mbalidhlamini.com/Non-Promised-Land Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:15:59 +0000 mbalidhlamin.com https://mbalidhlamini.com/Non-Promised-Land Non Promised Land: Bana ba thari entsho &nbsp; <img width="768" height="639" width_o="768" height_o="639" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3770160779c7252677a5a91e751eef563a1174a7b4607c4b116dac20ce5fbf39/11351317_829909300396265_8628129092989657844_n.jpg" data-mid="94825033" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/768/i/3770160779c7252677a5a91e751eef563a1174a7b4607c4b116dac20ce5fbf39/11351317_829909300396265_8628129092989657844_n.jpg" /> Non Promised Land Is an investigation on how Apostolic and Zionist movements use colour to explore faith and spirituality in an attempt to negotiate their presence and space. An introspection on how colour use within the movements has shifted from the white missionary garments to a rainbow of colours that crowd our communities of Sunday. In search for a sense of identity and a place to belong, these bright coloured church garments filled our surroundings like ghostly images; they move and swirl through space.Constitution Hill, Johannesburg. 2015. Bomma, a series of pastel drawings. 2015. <img width="1620" height="3300" width_o="1620" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/934f481ebf225acba0dc6953a1a83aa46fd08284e43cd4e2c0bc750eec6fd474/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Bomma-I-Izambatho-Series.-94-x-205-cm.-2015.jpg" data-mid="94825002" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/934f481ebf225acba0dc6953a1a83aa46fd08284e43cd4e2c0bc750eec6fd474/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Bomma-I-Izambatho-Series.-94-x-205-cm.-2015.jpg" /> <img width="1692" height="3576" width_o="1692" height_o="3576" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/55c6a2d8ec3bf1ac0f699866338047ec9dbc70caff4f0e3c44e7d3962e452a6b/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Bomma-v-Izambatho-Series.-94-x-205-cm.-2015.JPG" data-mid="94825005" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/55c6a2d8ec3bf1ac0f699866338047ec9dbc70caff4f0e3c44e7d3962e452a6b/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Bomma-v-Izambatho-Series.-94-x-205-cm.-2015.JPG" /><img width="1404" height="3288" width_o="1404" height_o="3288" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fbfb223456c774b42bcbe6e74c5ff59f303363496621ca87a8cfb1503e8104ee/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Bomma-iv-Izambatho-Series.-94-x-205-cm.-2015-.jpg" data-mid="94825004" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/fbfb223456c774b42bcbe6e74c5ff59f303363496621ca87a8cfb1503e8104ee/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Bomma-iv-Izambatho-Series.-94-x-205-cm.-2015-.jpg" /><img width="1452" height="3300" width_o="1452" height_o="3300" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/a3478dbe2bb5d1464d91330d38418596c7cbdfcee706e6576b63694f04fcf918/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Bomma-iii-Izambatho-Series.-94-x-205-cm.-2015.jpg" data-mid="94825008" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/a3478dbe2bb5d1464d91330d38418596c7cbdfcee706e6576b63694f04fcf918/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Bomma-iii-Izambatho-Series.-94-x-205-cm.-2015.jpg" /><img width="1008" height="2195" width_o="1008" height_o="2195" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/01a0d4aebf782773eb93a745137c1e1d34f30a96c67935d4db88b41967c1c509/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Bomma-vii-Izambatho-Series.-94-x-205-cm.-2015...jpg" data-mid="94825007" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/01a0d4aebf782773eb93a745137c1e1d34f30a96c67935d4db88b41967c1c509/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Bomma-vii-Izambatho-Series.-94-x-205-cm.-2015...jpg" /><img width="3078" height="3127" width_o="3078" height_o="3127" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/83bdce8a662e5ca667c97c98a07d90580079c246287a14fffb766e0583c5ce26/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Bomma-vii-Izambatho-Series.-94-x-205-cm.-2015.--Exhibition-Installation-.jpg" data-mid="94825035" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/83bdce8a662e5ca667c97c98a07d90580079c246287a14fffb766e0583c5ce26/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Bomma-vii-Izambatho-Series.-94-x-205-cm.-2015.--Exhibition-Installation-.jpg" /> Installation Images <img width="3279" height="2725" width_o="3279" height_o="2725" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/99b852624a68f27ce08425933b6d51f944349b30c296fb996fcabfc140ce439f/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Izambatho-Fabric-Installation-2015.2.jpg" data-mid="94825011" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/99b852624a68f27ce08425933b6d51f944349b30c296fb996fcabfc140ce439f/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Izambatho-Fabric-Installation-2015.2.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="2567" width_o="5000" height_o="2567" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/8b3891fab7a9a5bc93fad909c449475fccf2fdaf6f3d0b64a4da80be14942870/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Izambatho-Fabric-Installation-2015_o.jpg" data-mid="94825012" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/8b3891fab7a9a5bc93fad909c449475fccf2fdaf6f3d0b64a4da80be14942870/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Izambatho-Fabric-Installation-2015_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/151b005eaf332e80d0fb29b6935f960d2f3e397015b64ae3257de33e2d846052/Mbali-34_o.jpg" data-mid="94825028" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/151b005eaf332e80d0fb29b6935f960d2f3e397015b64ae3257de33e2d846052/Mbali-34_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/6ce0e19ca4f1bc841c402f6ef964848c22850f9af15586fad8df94a939f74db2/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Izambatho-Series-Installation-1.-2015_o.jpg" data-mid="94825024" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/6ce0e19ca4f1bc841c402f6ef964848c22850f9af15586fad8df94a939f74db2/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Izambatho-Series-Installation-1.-2015_o.jpg" /> https://mbalidhlamini.com/Bomme-Ba-Seaparo Tue, 15 Mar 2016 15:16:03 +0000 mbalidhlamin.com https://mbalidhlamini.com/Bomme-Ba-Seaparo An installation of reconstructed translucent dresses, a video installation and digital prints exploring the relationship between the precolonial body and Seaparo (Church garments). Placing emphasis on how this relation would meet from time to time like on Sunday. University of Johannesburg. 2013. <img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/cac7241ffd8234a4ed4c2db4840c2fe1b651b5a622837e2dc20a21ac65237265/Mbali-Dhlamini.Bomme-Ba-Seaparo-Interior2.2013_o.jpg" data-mid="94824998" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/cac7241ffd8234a4ed4c2db4840c2fe1b651b5a622837e2dc20a21ac65237265/Mbali-Dhlamini.Bomme-Ba-Seaparo-Interior2.2013_o.jpg" /><img width="5000" height="3333" width_o="5000" height_o="3333" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/bc1c7bc7c324cfc1b8fc3edbc34cb2e1079bba26baf481101d2c9a6011b6940f/Mbali-Dhlamini.Bomme-Ba-Seaparo-Interior4.2013_o.jpg" data-mid="94824999" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/bc1c7bc7c324cfc1b8fc3edbc34cb2e1079bba26baf481101d2c9a6011b6940f/Mbali-Dhlamini.Bomme-Ba-Seaparo-Interior4.2013_o.jpg" /><img width="3840" height="3072" width_o="3840" height_o="3072" 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Wed, 10 May 2023 16:06:51 +0000 mbalidhlamin.com https://mbalidhlamini.com/Go-bipa-Mpa-Ka-Mabele <img width="1563" height="1983" width_o="1563" height_o="1983" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/02d6ebb30e77e5ff2a3f0186d2f630edd0aaaad9f2d413315f956c0be01d7d13/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Lifikile-iVangeli_2021.-_Digital-print-on-tecco-paper._Edition-of-3-with-2-APs_.jpg" data-mid="178354345" border="0" data-scale="93" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/02d6ebb30e77e5ff2a3f0186d2f630edd0aaaad9f2d413315f956c0be01d7d13/Mbali-Dhlamini.-Lifikile-iVangeli_2021.-_Digital-print-on-tecco-paper._Edition-of-3-with-2-APs_.jpg" /> <img width="1000" height="1429" width_o="1000" height_o="1429" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/b5491102e447cff2b17a926ac823ea3e11ede58c0d4186eaec255fc0045b5e20/mbali-dhlamini-bugubedu-002.jpeg" data-mid="180323598" border="0" 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translates to "conceal" or "shroud in secrecy" and is a nod to Dhlamini's keen interest and explorative sensibility to revealing knowledge about very particular cultural practices and indigenous knowledge that may otherwise not be readily visible, in both the material and immaterial forms. This process of revealing things that would otherwise remain concealed, but also highlighting through obscuring, is on display through the blurred or receded faces in the Look Into drawings and photographs and it is mirrored in the see-through dresses in both the photographs and the film that are part of Go Bipa Mpa Ka Mabele. In other words, concealing ("go bipa") is sometimes done intentionally to protect or fend off unwanted prying eyes. Although the dresses in the film and corresponding photographs are made with a see-through material, the way the artist moves her body and is captured in the still images blurs details of her body, simultaneously revealing and yet concealing parts of what is seen...” https://www.sakhileandme.com/exhibitions/mbali-dhlamini-go-bipa-mpa-ka-mabele-2022.htm https://mbalidhlamini.com/Inquiries Wed, 10 May 2023 16:33:57 +0000 mbalidhlamin.com https://mbalidhlamini.com/Inquiries <img width="2524" height="3780" width_o="2524" height_o="3780" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/0d00dc44e976ed5b0717843e641c866704c19f96b6b162292768e1ea34cd0772/Blue-image-.jpg" data-mid="182545546" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/0d00dc44e976ed5b0717843e641c866704c19f96b6b162292768e1ea34cd0772/Blue-image-.jpg" /> For inquiries please email info@mbalidhlamini.com or mbalidhlamini@yahoo.co.uk