Three South African Renditions of the Gospel song "Uzuliphathe Kahle" (with information about singer/composer Jabu Hlongwane & the Joyous Celebration choir)

MY Joyous Celebration, Oct.5, 2018
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Google search from Zulu to English: uzuliphathe kahle lelivangeli = treat this gospel well

Statistics as of June 24, 2021 around 11:00 AM :

total # of views - 4,478,844
total # of likes - 17K
total # of dislikes - 1.1K
toral # of comments - 893

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Angel Lukhuleni, July 31, 2018
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Statistics as of June 24, 2021 around 11:00 AM :
total # of views -13, 930
total # of likes- 165
total # of dislikes- 11
toral # of comments-8

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Ntobeko Simelane, Jul 10, 2019

Holiness Union Church National Youth Conference
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Statistics as of June 24, 2021 around 11:00 AM:
total # of views - 6, 185
total # of likes- 68
total # of dislikes-0 
toral # of comments-6

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Edited by Azizi Powell 

This pancocojams post presents three South African renditions of the Gospel song "Uzuliphathe Kahle" (also known as "Uzuliphathe kahle lelivangeli").

This post also presents a few comments from the discussion thread for the first video that is showcased above.

The content of this post is presented for religious, cultural, and aesthetic purposes.

All copyrights remain with their owners.

Thanks to Jabu Hlongwane, the co-founder of  the South African Gospel choir Joyous Celebration and the composer of "Uzuliphathe Kahle" and some other songs that are sung by Joyous Celebration. Thanks also to all those who are featured in the videos that are showcased in this post. Thanks also to all those who are quoted in this post and thanks to the publishers of these videos on YouTube.  

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INFORMATION ABOUT JABU AND INFORMATION ABOUT JOYOUS CELEBRATION
From https://en.everybodywiki.com/Jabu_Hlongwane
"Goodman Mxolisi Hlongwane (born 10 June 1961), well known as Jabu Hlongwane, is a South African gospel singer, songwriter, producer author and pastor. His versatility came out with duet albums he produced with the late Vuyo Mokoena, Sipho Makhabane as well as Mthunzi Namba. He was born in Soweto, Zola and grew up in Dhlamini, Johannesburg in 1961.[1] Jabu is the fifth of seven children in the Hlongwane household. He began his primary school at Hlakaniphani and at Lilydale in Dlamini, Soweto. He matriculated at Amangwe High school after his family had moved to KZN.[2]

He has a number of solo projects as well and is also the co-founder of Joyous Celebration,[3] a South African Gospel choir that was formed in 1994."...
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Here's information about the name "Jabu" from https://theculturetrip.com/africa/south-africa/articles/beautiful-south-african-names-and-what-they-mean/
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"Male | Jabulani, a Zulu name often shortened to Jabu, means “rejoice” and is pronounced Jah-boo-LAH-nee."

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From https://joyous.co.za/PASTOR-JABU-HLONGWANEs-BIOGRAPHY
..."Joyous Celebration

The genesis of Joyous Celebration started as an idea in 1995 between [Jabu] Hlongwane and his two friends, Namba and Mkhize. They wanted to create a platform to find, develop and groom talent in Gospel music. Since its inception, Joyous has produced hundreds of talented artists over the years and filled the Awards cabinet with numerous awards from South Africa and beyond. The group has released over 20 albums and on the 19th of December 2015, they celebrated their 20th anniversary in front of a capacity crowd in the Moses Mabhida Stadium located in Durban, South Africa.

Their 21st album was recorded live in Dallas, Texas at Bishop T.D Jakes’ Potter House in 2016 alongside the house choir.

Hlongwane’s role in building and elevating Joyous Celebration cannot go understated, especially considering that he started the administration of the Joyous brand from the boot of his car.

The Joyous brand has now grown into a business that employs more than 70 people.

Accomplishments

As an acclaimed singer, songwriter and producer, Hlongwane has solidified his position as a pioneer of gospel music in South Africa and beyond. For his work, he was awarded the, “Best Contribution in Gospel” at the Africa Gospel Music, the South African Music Awards for best traditional Gospel Album."...

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SELECTED COMMENTS FROM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBAExl72szc&ab_channel=joyousVEVO [given as video #1 in this post]

Numbers are added for referencing purposes only. 

1. Philile SKELLOR, 2018
"uzuliphathe kahle leli vangeli

(handle this gospel with care)

uzuliphathe kahle leli vangeli

(handle this gospel with care)...

ngob' uJesu walifela ,amaqhaw' eNkosi alishumayela

( For Jesus died for it and the Great men of God preached it)

uzuliphathe kahle leli vangeli

( you handle this gospel with care)

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2. Lungile Lethiwe Mashele, 2018
"Assemblies of God😍😍once they sing the song we all sweat"

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3. Zandile Ndlovu, 2019
"Very true, you know them well🙏☺"

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4. Lydia Francis, 2018
"Its says handle this evangelism/gospel with care,for Jesus died for it and great men preached it handle this evangelism with care"

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5. Sibusisiwe Malinga, 2018
"This song is so appropriate in these days when we see evil pastors abusing the Word of God. Let us worship Jesus in spirit and in truth, siliphathekahle lelivangeli."

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6. Hil S, 2018
"The issue here is that there are far too many people who are calling/qualifying themselves to be pastors or prophets or anything else in the name of God. Every prophet in the old testament and every disciple/apostle in the new testament was called by God himself. None of them volunteered to do this, they were given a special invitation by God to be his workers on this earth. If more people actually sought after the will of God for their lives rather than forcing themselves to be "pastors/prophets" when that is not God's will for them then we would be in a better position all over the world, but the Bible clearly warned us that in the last days shall many false prophets rise up and they sure have indeed and mostly for the love of money and the lust of the flesh."

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7. Gibbs T Gumbo, 2019
"Jabu is probably the best male gospel artist in Africa... He sings so well and composes dope tunes... we need these songs in today`s church..so rich

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8. Favour Gyino, 2019
"I don't understand a word but I love it and I listen to it every day. Joyous celebration, thumbs up for you. I love your songs so much!"

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9. Name GNAGNE, 2019
"Handle this gospel with care

Jesus (the owner) died for it

The Great men of God preached It."

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10. Diary of a Young Christian Woman, 2019
"Lol this is the Grace Bible Church anthem whenever the music team sings it we all go wild.. thank you for this song Joyous God bless you"

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11. OFFICIALMUZ_UJ, 2019
"Yeah at Grace it's the anthem"

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12. Mumo Chris, 2020
"This choir is amazing, I am Kenyan but they are my no.1, this is ministry. The song fits in our today's life, we need to handle this gospel with care, for heaven's sake Christ himself died for it. I love this choir ❤️, wish they could visit Kenya"

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13. Bertha Phiri, 2020
"Amen amen ! Joyous celebration,  thank you so much for keeping us happy during this difficult time  of lock down"
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"Lockdown" refers to quarantine because of the Coronavirus.

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14.  Ricybeh Comfort, 2021
"2021 and we still here by the grace of the Omnipotent God🙌❤🔥💯"

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15. royal diadem, 2021
"Love joyous celebration choir.I am Kenyan so bantu words I think I understand a few. The dancing is amazing. So much energy .... for the Lord any day."

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16. Aloysius Imo-owo, 2021
"I am from Nigeria, I am in love with South African Gospel music especially JC. They lift your spirit to heaven."

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