Even those were scarce. To compensate we would attend stokvels where live music was performed during week-ends. We would then go to the beachfront to pick whatever piece of string that was left by the fishermen to create our own guitars, said Sandile with obvious nostalgia for the good old days. Sandile is the first to admit that the music industry is a fierce and competitive business. It can make and break within the blink of an eye.
Musicians have to work and work to earn money.
It is not always rosy. It deprives you of family life. It is always a struggle unless you are able to make CDs and sell them. Today the many musicians and students from Technikons and University are fast becoming a competition because they too need to play at gigs to show case their stuff. Sandile is the father of five girls and one boy.