1999 - Simon "Mahlathini" Nkabinde, lead singer of South African group Mahlathini & the Mahotella Queens, dies in Vosloorus of complications from diabetes. He is 62. By Billboard Staff 2003 – The 20th ...
Simon "Mahlathini" Nkabinde, known as the "Lion Of Soweto", was not allowed to leave South Africa until the mid-1980s, when he was invited to perform at a pioneering festival of music in Angouleme, ...
They called him Mahlathini – the Bull. He made several fortunes with his amazing voice. Simon Nkabinde grew up in Alexandra. He joined Big Voice Jack Lerole in a pennywhistle band. By 1955, at the age ...