Change - so palpable you could almost touch it - was in the air. That haunting intro, for me, perfectly encapsulates the underlying feeling of a country about to experience the most profound change in its history. So poignant! Brings tears to my eyes every time
@nkcliff Gosh!! If not... Why Not!! You've taken me back to eZulwini Valley in the early 90s. Some of the most memorable days of my youth. What a blast we had!
I can't find the song on iTunes. Any suggestions? The search term Mango Groove brings up most of their songs except this one. Is it posted under another name? Nevertheless, Mango Groove = great memories.
heard this song for the first time yesterday and it, along with other things, actually changed my outlook on life!! it makes me want to scream and shout, tho jump and dance and clap and SMILE just because!!!
heard this song for the first time yesterday and it, along with other things, actually changed my outlook on life!! it makes me want to scream and shout, tho jump and dance and clap and SMIL just because!!!
I find this song very emotional and I love it! Thanks guys taking us back on a road filled with joy and sorrow and reminding us of the gold we have amongst us.
It makes me extremely sad reading all the negative comments and people fighting with each other. Why does it always have to boil down to race? This is a beautiful song and stunning music and truly South African. We all should appreciate and enjoy it and not hate each other for things over which we have no control.
I love kwela !! I play whistle and this stuff is a gas and Spokes is a hero who brought joy to the people ! If this don't set you dancing, i feel very sad for you. and you got a major problem and should seek help of some sort of attitude adjustment .
This is South Africa!!!!....it doesn't matter if your skin is black or if it's white, if you were born in South Africa you are truely South African....and it calls when you are away from home!!
One would have to have lived through the apartheid years as I did, to appreciate those images portrayed throughout the video. Magical moments, wonderful video - BEST COUNTRY AND PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
@Hydromorphism: african music videos never make sense, ever. nothing is connected or planned they just run around for a few days looking for things to film. african TV is pretty similar.
all the images make sense to those that grew up in SA , the boxing is literally a past time that they had , the train track IS VERY significant , as the Africans lived in areas FAR from where they worked .. they would have to leave home at 4am in the morning to get to work for 8am , always catching the train from their township to the city and then would often have to catch busses from the city to various other areas , often 2 busses !!!!
@Hydromorphism This video is filled with meaning. Think of it as a snapshot of history. The song is dedicated to Spoke Mashiyane, the "King of Kwela", Kwela being a musical style, characterized by the Penny-whistle, that was born on the streets of Johannesburg in the 50's and 60's, and era of awakening of African Consciousness, not only in Johannesburg, but across the continent. It was the time of the Sharpeville Massacre, where many displaced Africans went to the city to work in the mines.
@Hydromorphism This displacement created a "coming together" or South Africans from all sectors of society and birthed unique cultural wonders, like Fannigalo, a language developed by miners working underground who, coming from different parts of the country & speaking different languages, needed some common language to communicate in the dangerous environment.
@Hydromorphism The point is though.... despite the hardships, political, physical, emotional... Kwela music had a spirit of happiness and pure enjoyment that all the hardships disappeared and they were able to make it through the night and face another day. The boxing represents that daily struggle and also highlights one of the only sports they were allowed to participate in, which is why the boxers became local legends...like Spokes Mashiyane the King of Kwela.
Seeing this video reminds me of South Africa and all the great friendship I made during the 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP!!!! Thank You South Africa for the great memories I will carry with me for the rest of my life!!!!!
i heard music of Mango Groove for the first time at a performance of the South Africa Lipizzaners in Kyalami and it is such lovely music. It makes you so happy and lifts you up. Stunning!
As happy and celebratory as this song is it makes me a little sad because it really takes me back to when I was a kid in the 80s. I no longer live in SA but I want to move back there. What a magical place.
The dance sequences in this video were big when i was growing up.The boys would do the gumboot dance and the girls,well we tried to do what the girls in this video are doing,just like in Sarafina
I don't listen to this music, my sister needed this song for a project so I ended up reading these comments so I thought I'd give my opinion.
Fear and worship our Lord Jesus Christ who put this world in motion and will soon bring it to an end, and South Africa will be dust and smoke. So forget about Zuma and his corruption and praise God! He created us all! And where is He in our country? Where is He in your life?
We should get our priorities right before we judge Zuma for being a bad leader.
The notion that we should just sit back and watch things go pear shaped because of prophecies written by bronze age goat herders 2000 years ago is ludicrous.
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@TheNkunzi yes Zuma may be you president and you are welcome to the backward kaffir. Look at what a violent, crime ridden shithole SA has become since this baboon came in. OMG this munt believes that if you shower after sex you cant get Aids. Third world ape. Bless SA you dont stand a chance!!!!
we are all africans. if any group deserves judgement for the state of any or all nations, it is men, because men have been the rulers for eons, creating 99% of the misery and horror. wake up.
Ohhh I am sooo proud to be white... we killed and pillaged where ever we landed from Europe. It's time my fellow white apes realize that all the ills of the world is directly because of us Euro apes,... who only turned white because of climatic conditions, just like the arctic fox, ( a red fox cousin) the polar bear (derived from brown bears) and the snowy owl etc, etc.. We had to be more aggressive centuries ago in order to survive but need unlearn those as well as our fucking racist ways!!!
@JOHANSWAN , you are a great Ape, you sound pale to me, a South African cannot talk like that, why dont you go back where you are coming from? :( Zuma is our president and that will not change.
@manicparroT: hear, hear! i'm a white african so the anc and zuma are no friends to me, but i would take them any day over regressing to the racist, police-state days. thank God, our people (ALL our people) came to our senses by 1994. the result is not perfect, but at least we're headed in the right direction.
@Sassafrasican I think the problem is that people have failed to recast their thinking in a way that works outside the dichotomy of ANC or apartheid. It's like they can't criticise the ANC without getting nostalgic for apartheid, which is of course ludicrous.
@Alsbanana i married a canadian, whom i met in sa. transnational families substantially change the comprising individuals' narratives. i can no longer simply live where i want, as i have others to consider now. nevertheless, i left canada over a year ago. but mazaltov to you for doing your homework.
If you married a canadian in SA, she could of just lived there... or did she realise how crappy the gov is? Where do you live now? Some other country run by whites?
@Alsbanana nope. i married her in canada; and it wasn't fair to expect her to give up her friends/family/etc to move to sa until i had done the same in canada first.
last time i checked, sa is not run by whites - we all know what a disaster that turned out to be!
and, sweety, the conditional simple tense is transcribed as "could *have*"
@Alsbanana not quite sure where youre going with all this, but i know your ilk; you lived off the fat of the land for years. when the gravy dried up, you jumped ship. now you troll the net, finding new ways to delude yourself that you did the right thing by swapping s.a. for that $6/hr janitor job in the states.
what i like most about s.a. is that the assholes have self-selected themselves into exile. the west is in decline; its africas turn to shine. but yall dont come back now.
@Sassafrasican I never got a taste of the "fat of the land" it dried up when I was like three... I never made the choice to leave... and for that reason I'm coming back. By the way Mr. Canada....you jumped ship yourself.
@Alsbanana as they say on your continent, "duh". of course, i jumped ship. hence the "location: canada" on my youtube profile. my choice, however, was not the typical fork in the road that most chicken runners have to make, namely: a) stay in south africa and lose my love interest; or b) leave south africa and be with the person i fell in love with. whereas wasn't the greatest dilemma you faced, "where will i be able to live with the least amount of blacks?"
fuck u erroneousapostrophe...ur clearly the sad fuck that sits on the internet spreading nasty cyber vibes. GO South Africa!!! I can't wait ti go back and set up an orphanage outside Cape Town....its truely a beautiful place and we can make it the place of our dreams! xxxxx
Shows the people of the world that there is hope for South Africa for the races living there if we as people of the country could live in harmony..... and remember what it is we were like then and what we can be in the future
I have tears in my eyes just reading all of this,and I am back in SA after 10yrs in America,I miss NY and my friend's very much,but I am so happy to be back home,This is a beautiful and great country,come back all!
ive been in the sates for the last year, i am so glad to be going home finally, lets face it, without all of us putting into our home, it will never be what we want it to be. its time. come home south africans!!! make our country strong !!!!
My mother listened to Spokes and quella (? spelling) back in the 50's/60's and when this song came out I had just had my daughter and would dance around the lounge to this with her in my arms to get her to stop crying! Mango Groove is just fantastic, I am privalaged to say that I saw them live. Long live Claire xx
Hahaha---look at that----been living in the UK for 8 years, am married to an English girl and have a house in the Isle of Wight but still forgot myself and called SA "home"
Oh God!!!! Feeling soooo homesick right now!!! Am going home in 2 weeks time but it will only be for a week. I remember listening to them playing down at the Boz on Wits campus on friday afternoons after lectures. Then was lucky enough to see them live again at a concert in Margate that was so awesome. The stage was on the other side of the Margate swimmingpool, and about halfway through the concert ppl were in the pool, dancing away! So many amazing memories!!!!!
Hello greggspoon. Not that I want to shove that "Proudly South African" shit down anyone's throat ( when you hear that fascist expression you just KNOW that you will receive bad service and KAK quality ). However, guess which monetary unit has performed the best this year. You had believe it : the Rand !!
Its happening! I think the world can take a leaf out of SA books- also not to shove anything down anyones throat- BUT it proves that it CAN be done, I say, watch this space China! counting the days!
greggspoon, come home, back to sunny South Africa. Despite crime, corruption, lazy civil servants ( and thieving as well ), the ANC, and Angus Buchan, home is, after all, home. To all expats : we need you here in this once-beautiful country. You DO make a difference.
cytotoxix, my bru- I AM :-) never ever have a been so positive about our countries future, we CAN and WILL make SA what it deserves to be, whether Mr Zuma or Mr whoever is at the Helm: I KNOW WHAT MY PASSPORT SAYS- SA CITIZEN and I AM SO FKKN PROUD OF THAT!! one love to all africans- black, white, pink, orange, whatever colour!
I dedicate this song to the Blou Bulle, who did Pretoria, and South Africa proud by reaching the Super 14 Final. To all
non-Blue Bull fans who have sent best wishes to the team from Pretoria, this decent Blue Bull fan thanks you from the bottom of his heart. Bring the Super 14 cup home, manne !!
GOOOOOOOOOSSSSEEEEE BUMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE U SA!!! SEE U IN A FEW MONTHS, lets make it happen!! all of us together! we are one proud nation!!! AFRICAN FOR LIFE!!
Lovely song which obviously brings back a whole lot of good memories to present and past South Africans. A SA band which was unafraid to throw pop and African music together in one mix, making the final product fresh and original.
This song brings back memories of Swaziland and travelling in Sputh Africa. I saw Mango Groove perform live, complete with dancers, at a big music festival in Swaziland. Eric Clapton was the headline act, but Mango Groove was just fantastic. Thanks for posting this!!
I have been in america for 9 years now, formally from Durban Natal. This song makes me think about what I left behind and pleasant memories of my African life I endured. Simply the best.
Oh this is soooo great! I am teaching it to my English students here in rainy England - they love it! One of the few things that gets them out of their chairs!
Ek kan nie help maar om 'n traantjie te stort nie elke keer as ek hierdie liedjie hoor nie. Dit is goed soos hierdie wat my sal bly lief wees vir hierdie land al is hy vol kak soms
Dankie hier van Engeland wat n lekker tune, kannie glo ons kan dit hier in Engeland luister nie. Het dit op my playlist gesit gann dit speel as ons braai, op die Bokke!!!
Proudly SA!
theflipking 4 days ago in playlist African Road traveler Music
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A fabulous South African classic! Love it ;-)
marvicbiz 1 week ago
When music was music not musiq:'(
mtiyoyo 1 week ago
im still in South Africa and will never leave :-) love this song. Using it in a graduation video i filmed for an under privileged academy of sewing
Debbiejeanmalton 3 weeks ago
growing up sucks. i love my african memories
Blackhoundrise 1 month ago
Missing my mom right now (and south africa). She judged a talent competition and every single dance group danced to special star.
charliethasnail 1 month ago
nothing cheers me up like this song...im sure everyone can agree on that
grimjimmy 2 months ago 2
Change - so palpable you could almost touch it - was in the air. That haunting intro, for me, perfectly encapsulates the underlying feeling of a country about to experience the most profound change in its history. So poignant! Brings tears to my eyes every time
djseamus01 2 months ago
Brings tears to my eyes, I'm' a model in the states for years now....oh I miss Africa' there's now place in the world like Africa"tears"
randiparis 2 months ago
the best South Africa ever had!
rochlin11 2 months ago
They just don't make music like this anymore :(
PsySumi 2 months ago
I miss home (SA)
TheGatiepie 2 months ago
This song truly captures the spirit of South Africa.
Very much a well loved South African classic! :)
Lauren4sa 3 months ago 2
home is where the heart is and my heart is in South Africa
MrMaps85 3 months ago 2
Our amazing music and culture makes me so proudly proudly proudly south african!!!! :)
oliverpillay 3 months ago
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Hearing this song makes me miss South Africa so much. I wanna go back!!!!
ThePepeguapo 3 months ago
This song always takes me straight back to my childhood :)
WBR26 5 months ago 4
remember seeing mango grove at the why not in swaziland, classic.
nkcliff 5 months ago
@nkcliff Gosh!! If not... Why Not!! You've taken me back to eZulwini Valley in the early 90s. Some of the most memorable days of my youth. What a blast we had!
pasheshooz 4 months ago
GO BOKKE IN NZ!!!!!!! (HOPE YOU BRING IT HOME AGAIN!) PROUDLY SA! **
blancmerlot 5 months ago 7
I can't find the song on iTunes. Any suggestions? The search term Mango Groove brings up most of their songs except this one. Is it posted under another name? Nevertheless, Mango Groove = great memories.
adampotgieter 6 months ago
@adampotgieter try it on zonkewap.com
mtiyoyo 1 week ago
i feel proud to be a South African when i listen to this song :-)
boichoitho 6 months ago 4
@boichoitho Quite right!!
BronLeen 3 months ago
Always puts a smile on my face.....saw them about 5 times in the 80's, had a major crush on Claire Jonson.....timeless...
theaquaplanet 6 months ago
@TheMrTlizzle Well done you for going home! I'm moving back in 3 years time - we are wrapping everything up here and then finally home!!
Disajan 7 months ago
Hearing this song makes me miss South Africa so much. I can't wait until I move back home in 3 years time!
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heard this song for the first time yesterday and it, along with other things, actually changed my outlook on life!! it makes me want to scream and shout, tho jump and dance and clap and SMILE just because!!!
ebbnmaggs 8 months ago
heard this song for the first time yesterday and it, along with other things, actually changed my outlook on life!! it makes me want to scream and shout, tho jump and dance and clap and SMIL just because!!!
ebbnmaggs 8 months ago
@ebbnmaggs i totally agree!
indieeerocker 8 months ago
this song just makes me happy to be alive, i love it!
indieeerocker 8 months ago
I find this song very emotional and I love it! Thanks guys taking us back on a road filled with joy and sorrow and reminding us of the gold we have amongst us.
hermansteytler 8 months ago
I love this song!!!! Proudly South African!
SonnekusC 8 months ago
Yessss I love South Africaa!!!!! That is my home poeple!! I just got goosebumps all the way from head to toe...lovely feeling
twinkleguilty 8 months ago 2
Does anyone know where i can get -> Coleske - Aphrodite (Feeling Much More) ?
NEED that song :-) Another classic
Kg0ts0 9 months ago
5 people have neva seen dat special star
Gcina92 9 months ago
so pretty to we dont here enough of the penny whistle any more
lilyginnybella 10 months ago
love this song pure africa
lilyginnybella 10 months ago 9
Simply great great great song!!! Bravo to all of South Africa!!! You all sing great!!!
bronxnewbie 10 months ago 2
awsome song. beste lied uit sa oor sa musiek
ciavancom 10 months ago
its wondeful
janickausa 1 year ago
l love this Music, l love South Africa, l love the Rainbow Nation.
88motho 1 year ago
It makes me extremely sad reading all the negative comments and people fighting with each other. Why does it always have to boil down to race? This is a beautiful song and stunning music and truly South African. We all should appreciate and enjoy it and not hate each other for things over which we have no control.
ifeelcrazy123 1 year ago
This is one of my Favourite songs of all times. Ek is mal oor hierdie liedjie. Dit is net amazing.
ifeelcrazy123 1 year ago
I am American, and the very first time i heard Mango Groove & The Goddess Claire Johnston - Can this be possible too instantly Fall in love... xoxoxf
millefeori 1 year ago
I love kwela !! I play whistle and this stuff is a gas and Spokes is a hero who brought joy to the people ! If this don't set you dancing, i feel very sad for you. and you got a major problem and should seek help of some sort of attitude adjustment .
willdabeestie 1 year ago
Bring's my childhood memories. thanks alot !!!!!!!
chester65000 1 year ago
The best part was from 0:00 till 5:52 :D I Love This!!!! And I love South Africa.
r0bb3rt5 1 year ago 3
"King of Kwela Spokes Mashiyane!"Yeah!This song...Yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees...Mango groove!
Tem848 1 year ago
waar kan 'n mens die midi weergawe kry?
Where can one get the midi version?
matthys5054 1 year ago
Ah yeh.. good memories, listening to Kwela way, way back. It's good to know that it isn't forgotten..Spokes...Lemmy..
neilandfi 1 year ago
Geez only 90,700 views!some random orange gets millions of views!whats happened to taste!loves the video btw!
bloodysoultears777 1 year ago
We all come from Africa, the garden of the planet, ONE LOVE.
4goat6 1 year ago 2
This is South Africa!!!!....it doesn't matter if your skin is black or if it's white, if you were born in South Africa you are truely South African....and it calls when you are away from home!!
biteme176 1 year ago 3
viva mzantsi, this song bring back good odl memeories when i was still a young boy...my favourite song from Mango Groove...
msereza 1 year ago
Q bons records...!!!!!!!
eskolano75 1 year ago
One would have to have lived through the apartheid years as I did, to appreciate those images portrayed throughout the video. Magical moments, wonderful video - BEST COUNTRY AND PEOPLE IN THE WORLD
pinchas770 1 year ago
this video defines a journey through the eyes of africa,come on now think out of the box,......
24lehlo 1 year ago
@Hydromorphism: african music videos never make sense, ever. nothing is connected or planned they just run around for a few days looking for things to film. african TV is pretty similar.
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pierangela69 1 year ago
Can someone please explain to me the meaning of the video itself. the boxing match, the train tracks, anyone?
Hydromorphism 1 year ago
@Hydromorphism
all the images make sense to those that grew up in SA , the boxing is literally a past time that they had , the train track IS VERY significant , as the Africans lived in areas FAR from where they worked .. they would have to leave home at 4am in the morning to get to work for 8am , always catching the train from their township to the city and then would often have to catch busses from the city to various other areas , often 2 busses !!!!
pierangela69 1 year ago
@Hydromorphism This video is filled with meaning. Think of it as a snapshot of history. The song is dedicated to Spoke Mashiyane, the "King of Kwela", Kwela being a musical style, characterized by the Penny-whistle, that was born on the streets of Johannesburg in the 50's and 60's, and era of awakening of African Consciousness, not only in Johannesburg, but across the continent. It was the time of the Sharpeville Massacre, where many displaced Africans went to the city to work in the mines.
GreminTroll 1 year ago
@Hydromorphism This displacement created a "coming together" or South Africans from all sectors of society and birthed unique cultural wonders, like Fannigalo, a language developed by miners working underground who, coming from different parts of the country & speaking different languages, needed some common language to communicate in the dangerous environment.
GreminTroll 1 year ago
@Hydromorphism The point is though.... despite the hardships, political, physical, emotional... Kwela music had a spirit of happiness and pure enjoyment that all the hardships disappeared and they were able to make it through the night and face another day. The boxing represents that daily struggle and also highlights one of the only sports they were allowed to participate in, which is why the boxers became local legends...like Spokes Mashiyane the King of Kwela.
GreminTroll 1 year ago
Seeing this video reminds me of South Africa and all the great friendship I made during the 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP!!!! Thank You South Africa for the great memories I will carry with me for the rest of my life!!!!!
Dodger1015 1 year ago
Anyone else suddenly craving Lucky Star pilchards and Sardines?
Sam021CPT 1 year ago
i heard music of Mango Groove for the first time at a performance of the South Africa Lipizzaners in Kyalami and it is such lovely music. It makes you so happy and lifts you up. Stunning!
CarolinaMillin 1 year ago
Just fantastic
2oceans1 1 year ago
As happy and celebratory as this song is it makes me a little sad because it really takes me back to when I was a kid in the 80s. I no longer live in SA but I want to move back there. What a magical place.
drplbiftin 1 year ago
wiping a tear or 2 away - this brings back special memories. thanks for upload. mooi bly
moojoa 1 year ago
I love this song! It's awesome
bnbalenda 1 year ago
Proudly South African
Shushu123abc 1 year ago
yesss JUMP! JUMP!!!!
oceangipsy71 1 year ago
what an old classic!!!
2010Charlemagne 1 year ago
whoah, this takes me back.
smurfieboo 1 year ago
Sitting here in dull, grey England and this has just lifted my spirit and reminded me what is great about South Africa!
benkranz 1 year ago 16
@benkranz Dude, I know exactly how you feel! Miss it like mad...
shaxs69 1 year ago
@shaxs69 me tooooo
chyvonneza 1 year ago
No 1 on my list for a great penny whistle sound in Africa
Shushu123abc 1 year ago
god i love south africa ! opening game of the world cup ! here i come ! fuck yes ! going to see the groove on sunday ! what a amazing place to live !
MyRico69 1 year ago
WoW, this brings back some awesome memories from my days in the Lighthouse dance group.
PatriziaSchwartz 1 year ago
Love it, love it, love it!
txgmike 1 year ago
@TheMrTlizzle Are you back yet?
blythespirit150 1 year ago
The dance sequences in this video were big when i was growing up.The boys would do the gumboot dance and the girls,well we tried to do what the girls in this video are doing,just like in Sarafina
macharmza 1 year ago
Music brings people together no matter what. Lets enjoy one and all. Mango groove luv ya.
beepbeep3153 1 year ago
I don't listen to this music, my sister needed this song for a project so I ended up reading these comments so I thought I'd give my opinion.
Fear and worship our Lord Jesus Christ who put this world in motion and will soon bring it to an end, and South Africa will be dust and smoke. So forget about Zuma and his corruption and praise God! He created us all! And where is He in our country? Where is He in your life?
We should get our priorities right before we judge Zuma for being a bad leader.
777krees 2 years ago
Your opinion sucks.
The notion that we should just sit back and watch things go pear shaped because of prophecies written by bronze age goat herders 2000 years ago is ludicrous.
ManicParroT 2 years ago
SA is a place to which I have always wanted to go.
This song is so beautiful. I miss my Mango Groove cassette.
HectorXDelgado 2 years ago 2
Everyone calm down. This is an AWESOME song!
Yaarik 2 years ago 4
@mtoto23 I take it you have lived in S.Africa?????. Thought not!!. Another bloody American that thinks it knows it all. You wake up idiot!!
attax44 2 years ago
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@TheNkunzi yes Zuma may be you president and you are welcome to the backward kaffir. Look at what a violent, crime ridden shithole SA has become since this baboon came in. OMG this munt believes that if you shower after sex you cant get Aids. Third world ape. Bless SA you dont stand a chance!!!!
attax44 2 years ago
we are all africans. if any group deserves judgement for the state of any or all nations, it is men, because men have been the rulers for eons, creating 99% of the misery and horror. wake up.
mtoto23 2 years ago
Ohhh I am sooo proud to be white... we killed and pillaged where ever we landed from Europe. It's time my fellow white apes realize that all the ills of the world is directly because of us Euro apes,... who only turned white because of climatic conditions, just like the arctic fox, ( a red fox cousin) the polar bear (derived from brown bears) and the snowy owl etc, etc.. We had to be more aggressive centuries ago in order to survive but need unlearn those as well as our fucking racist ways!!!
xxxricky 2 years ago
@JOHANSWAN , you are a great Ape, you sound pale to me, a South African cannot talk like that, why dont you go back where you are coming from? :( Zuma is our president and that will not change.
TheNkunzi 2 years ago
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DONPODIOCHI 2 years ago
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sad story beatifull country run by apes
exp. ZUMA
JOHANSWAN 2 years ago
Doing a better job than the Nats, although that isn't hard. I'll take Zuma over a neo-facist police state, thanks.
ManicParroT 2 years ago
@manicparroT: hear, hear! i'm a white african so the anc and zuma are no friends to me, but i would take them any day over regressing to the racist, police-state days. thank God, our people (ALL our people) came to our senses by 1994. the result is not perfect, but at least we're headed in the right direction.
Sassafrasican 2 years ago
@Sassafrasican I think the problem is that people have failed to recast their thinking in a way that works outside the dichotomy of ANC or apartheid. It's like they can't criticise the ANC without getting nostalgic for apartheid, which is of course ludicrous.
ManicParroT 2 years ago
Sassafrasican,
If the new government is so much better why do you live in Canada?
Alsbanana 1 year ago
@Alsbanana i married a canadian, whom i met in sa. transnational families substantially change the comprising individuals' narratives. i can no longer simply live where i want, as i have others to consider now. nevertheless, i left canada over a year ago. but mazaltov to you for doing your homework.
Sassafrasican 1 year ago
@Sassafrasican
If you married a canadian in SA, she could of just lived there... or did she realise how crappy the gov is? Where do you live now? Some other country run by whites?
Alsbanana 1 year ago
@Alsbanana nope. i married her in canada; and it wasn't fair to expect her to give up her friends/family/etc to move to sa until i had done the same in canada first.
last time i checked, sa is not run by whites - we all know what a disaster that turned out to be!
and, sweety, the conditional simple tense is transcribed as "could *have*"
Sassafrasican 1 year ago
@Sassafrasican
I bet you married her for papers! Is that right?
I realised my grammar mistake after after posting it...
Alsbanana 1 year ago
@Alsbanana not quite sure where youre going with all this, but i know your ilk; you lived off the fat of the land for years. when the gravy dried up, you jumped ship. now you troll the net, finding new ways to delude yourself that you did the right thing by swapping s.a. for that $6/hr janitor job in the states.
what i like most about s.a. is that the assholes have self-selected themselves into exile. the west is in decline; its africas turn to shine. but yall dont come back now.
Sassafrasican 1 year ago
@Sassafrasican I never got a taste of the "fat of the land" it dried up when I was like three... I never made the choice to leave... and for that reason I'm coming back. By the way Mr. Canada....you jumped ship yourself.
Alsbanana 1 year ago
@Alsbanana as they say on your continent, "duh". of course, i jumped ship. hence the "location: canada" on my youtube profile. my choice, however, was not the typical fork in the road that most chicken runners have to make, namely: a) stay in south africa and lose my love interest; or b) leave south africa and be with the person i fell in love with. whereas wasn't the greatest dilemma you faced, "where will i be able to live with the least amount of blacks?"
Sassafrasican 1 year ago
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@Sassafrasican
I bet you married her for papers! Is that right?
I realised my grammar mistake after after posting it...
Alsbanana 1 year ago
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@Sassafrasican
I bet you married her for papers! Is that right?
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Alsbanana 1 year ago
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Im from Zululand,I love SA but we are all fucked blacks kill whites all the time you need us you fuckers
dogschool 2 years ago
fuck u erroneousapostrophe...ur clearly the sad fuck that sits on the internet spreading nasty cyber vibes. GO South Africa!!! I can't wait ti go back and set up an orphanage outside Cape Town....its truely a beautiful place and we can make it the place of our dreams! xxxxx
elminxxx 2 years ago
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We wish you would stay there dribble, you racist fucktard.. SA is a shit hole, White rape and car jacking central.
erroneousapostrophe 2 years ago
Shows the people of the world that there is hope for South Africa for the races living there if we as people of the country could live in harmony..... and remember what it is we were like then and what we can be in the future
MegaSeamouse 2 years ago 18
It is spelled Kwêla or Kwela depending in which language you say it. The first is Afrikaans.
Michael9689 2 years ago
takes me back!
krugertown 2 years ago
I have tears in my eyes just reading all of this,and I am back in SA after 10yrs in America,I miss NY and my friend's very much,but I am so happy to be back home,This is a beautiful and great country,come back all!
ManneQueen1 2 years ago 2
ive been in the sates for the last year, i am so glad to be going home finally, lets face it, without all of us putting into our home, it will never be what we want it to be. its time. come home south africans!!! make our country strong !!!!
snake4441 2 years ago
My mother listened to Spokes and quella (? spelling) back in the 50's/60's and when this song came out I had just had my daughter and would dance around the lounge to this with her in my arms to get her to stop crying! Mango Groove is just fantastic, I am privalaged to say that I saw them live. Long live Claire xx
Ellamental66 2 years ago 2
Hahaha---look at that----been living in the UK for 8 years, am married to an English girl and have a house in the Isle of Wight but still forgot myself and called SA "home"
Kinjite007 2 years ago
hey - have also been living in UK for nearly 8 years and also live on the Isle of Wight and man, do I miss S.A.
charlbailie 2 years ago
Oh God!!!! Feeling soooo homesick right now!!! Am going home in 2 weeks time but it will only be for a week. I remember listening to them playing down at the Boz on Wits campus on friday afternoons after lectures. Then was lucky enough to see them live again at a concert in Margate that was so awesome. The stage was on the other side of the Margate swimmingpool, and about halfway through the concert ppl were in the pool, dancing away! So many amazing memories!!!!!
Kinjite007 2 years ago
I am from Ixopo just inland from where you were & living in the UK too. I miss it as well.
metrx330 2 years ago
still feels good.
tashgini 2 years ago 2
I love you Claire!
spr822 2 years ago
Hello greggspoon. Not that I want to shove that "Proudly South African" shit down anyone's throat ( when you hear that fascist expression you just KNOW that you will receive bad service and KAK quality ). However, guess which monetary unit has performed the best this year. You had believe it : the Rand !!
Come home, friend, come home. And welcome back.
cytotoxix 2 years ago
Its happening! I think the world can take a leaf out of SA books- also not to shove anything down anyones throat- BUT it proves that it CAN be done, I say, watch this space China! counting the days!
greggspoon 2 years ago
sure it has, but year before it was one of worst where many people lost a lot of money, look for stability
Jorgrainer 2 years ago
greggspoon, come home, back to sunny South Africa. Despite crime, corruption, lazy civil servants ( and thieving as well ), the ANC, and Angus Buchan, home is, after all, home. To all expats : we need you here in this once-beautiful country. You DO make a difference.
cytotoxix 2 years ago
cytotoxix, my bru- I AM :-) never ever have a been so positive about our countries future, we CAN and WILL make SA what it deserves to be, whether Mr Zuma or Mr whoever is at the Helm: I KNOW WHAT MY PASSPORT SAYS- SA CITIZEN and I AM SO FKKN PROUD OF THAT!! one love to all africans- black, white, pink, orange, whatever colour!
greggspoon 2 years ago 2
I dedicate this song to the Blou Bulle, who did Pretoria, and South Africa proud by reaching the Super 14 Final. To all
non-Blue Bull fans who have sent best wishes to the team from Pretoria, this decent Blue Bull fan thanks you from the bottom of his heart. Bring the Super 14 cup home, manne !!
cytotoxix 2 years ago
i woke up at 3 am to watch the final here in NZ go BULLLSSSS (coming home in october) yeah!!!!!!!!!!!!
greggspoon 2 years ago
Genade, maar mens verlang huistoe!! Suid-Afrika, altyd in my hart! Sien julle oor 6 weke!!
chungjugirl 2 years ago
GOOOOOOOOOSSSSEEEEE BUMPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I LOVE U SA!!! SEE U IN A FEW MONTHS, lets make it happen!! all of us together! we are one proud nation!!! AFRICAN FOR LIFE!!
greggspoon 2 years ago
piele
pocketbanana 2 years ago
Jislaaik, ek´s so homesick, dat my trane loop....
sagodin 2 years ago
hierdie is fantasties. . . ons makeer meer van hierdie ...
khanyapa 2 years ago
music like this is only made once! Mango Groove were and always will be part of the TRUE South African culture!
messinist 2 years ago 2
Love mango groove!! Makes me miss home!
tovsa85 2 years ago 3
Lovely song which obviously brings back a whole lot of good memories to present and past South Africans. A SA band which was unafraid to throw pop and African music together in one mix, making the final product fresh and original.
cytotoxix 2 years ago 2
wicked song. right up there with Juluka ! =D
scottsta69 2 years ago
This song brings back memories of Swaziland and travelling in Sputh Africa. I saw Mango Groove perform live, complete with dancers, at a big music festival in Swaziland. Eric Clapton was the headline act, but Mango Groove was just fantastic. Thanks for posting this!!
gsco82 3 years ago 2
They played this at the Freddie Mercury tribute concert in 1992. Fantastic live.
Blackheathguy 3 years ago
This is our people and country. Everyone in RSA is a special star. Rock on!!
mupsarsa 3 years ago 2
ABSOLUTLY KOVE THIS SONG.. one of my favs... CLASSIC!!!
RachaelL3wis 3 years ago
Oh great. Juuuust great. here come the tears again....
mash2vhK 3 years ago
Add a wow - ja alles will work out.. its great people. Miss the country as well
Tonyrcan 3 years ago 3
ag alles gaan ok wees. people are inherently good after all
82pot 3 years ago
wow I grew up loving these guys. So glad to have found some of the music on youtube!!!
purplepayne 3 years ago
I have been in america for 9 years now, formally from Durban Natal. This song makes me think about what I left behind and pleasant memories of my African life I endured. Simply the best.
zulumun 3 years ago
Love mango groove!
HelloSunshine134 3 years ago
man thats song rocks
justin02031983 3 years ago
I remember listening to this at school and feeling strangely liberated! Go the new South Africa!!!
johnnosa 3 years ago 2
Oh this is soooo great! I am teaching it to my English students here in rainy England - they love it! One of the few things that gets them out of their chairs!
adeleventer 3 years ago
I miss Home! I used to have all their music on casette and Rocked out with my walkman when I was young.
DarlingNikki666 3 years ago
These guys are legends man!!!
disciple4goodmusic 3 years ago
I love this song,it reminds me of when i was little standing in front of the tv trying to do all the dances lol...thanks!!!
Lebzzza1 3 years ago
BAIE LEKKKER!!!!!!!!!
thatayaone2010 3 years ago
Baie baie lekker you rock mango groove
pixielicous 3 years ago
baie lekker!!!! dit is lekker om n saffa te wees... fo sho emzansi
ngifuna ukubuya ekhaya!!! angithanda engelande
suid afrika music is die beste!!
we5026 3 years ago
this gets better every time i watch it,, she is hot and as a great voice,
this tune makes me happy and makes me forget all my troubles,?
piketamer 3 years ago
great tune,, great vid its 5 stars from me.
piketamer 3 years ago
Brilliant! Dankie Clouso!
chrisk987 3 years ago
Ek kan nie help maar om 'n traantjie te stort nie elke keer as ek hierdie liedjie hoor nie. Dit is goed soos hierdie wat my sal bly lief wees vir hierdie land al is hy vol kak soms
thebeerbaron666 3 years ago
Lekker !
dalecbr1000 3 years ago
Dankie hier van Engeland wat n lekker tune, kannie glo ons kan dit hier in Engeland luister nie. Het dit op my playlist gesit gann dit speel as ons braai, op die Bokke!!!
bethulie13 3 years ago 3
Does anyone know if anywhere in London sells Mango Grove? This song gives me goose bumps!!
boerewors1973 3 years ago
Why don't you just buy it online and have it delivered?
imieliei 3 years ago
O, dis wonderlik om 'n saffa te wees. Pure lekkerkry!!! :D
leanna636141 3 years ago
I'll never get used to that word "Saffa"...maybe that's why I'm leaving London at the height of my career...SA here I come...
ZenSabre 3 years ago 2