JOHANNESBURG – She is beautiful, talented and got brains. The 23-year-old Afro-pop sensation recently graduated at Walter Sisilu University.
However, the Thandolwethu hitmaker admitted that the journey was not a walk in the park.
“Studying a financial course and work as a musician has been one of the hardest, but most rewarding things I ever had to do” the sassy voice singer said.
“There were times when I struggled to cope with exams and performing gigs, but I carried my books along everywhere and it worked,” she said.
Born Gugulethu Khumalo to Educator parents in Nketa, Bulawayo, Berita believes very much in education.
“The spirit of learning encourages an individual to be curious and courageous at the same time,” the Menziwa singer said.
With stories of broke artists making rounds everyday due to lack of knowledge and back-up plan, Berita won’t follow that bad phenomenon.
“I encourage young people to empower themselves with knowledge about music industry and education that has nothing to do with music,” she warns.
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“This is so because when one reaches the heights of their dreams, they are able to grab all the opportunities with both hands, and also when things don’t work as planned they can be able to seek and take advange of other opportunities,” she continued.
This year Berita travelled around Southern African countries performing and she decided to enrol at a music school afterwards.
“It’s always been my dream to learn more about my instrument (guitar) and my craft.
“Initially when I passed high school, I asked my parents if I could study music and they didn’t approve so I ended up studying accounting,” she said.
Her debut album Conquering Spirit won a Metro FM award and she is working on a second album.
– TDN
