What I expected to be a night of entertainment turned out to
be something beyond entertainment. I expected to be intrigued and entertained
at the Janet Ikz concert, I thought seeing one of my favourite poets would be
pure thrill and nothing more, little did I realize that a 3/4hour concert would
be an evening of a spiritual awakening and a revival of my covenant with my
God. Rainy Cape Town tried to kill my vibe and make it difficult for us to go
see the amazing Janet Ikz but it was all worth it. Her half an hour late
arrival with her colleague Ezekiel meant absolutely nothing because they made
it up with all their performances. I must say though, I found the thirst of many
people in attendance who wanted marriage slightly unattractive. They made it
seem too obvious that, “I will wait for you” by Janet Ikz was the main reason
they were there. Many of them probably don’t have a job and they suddenly want
God to give them a spouse? Get real people. And yes, I know a life of
singleness in Christ is nothing but easy at times, I know all of that but
dignity please- dignity. Furthermore, Ezekiel announced that he is 6 years in
marriage with 3 beautiful daughters; suddenly the ladies were having strokes
and getting seizures all over the place, chill ladies. It will happen when it’s
supposed to happen. Before I sum up the show can we talk about how amazing the
MC was?... The dude held it down, he tried too much at times but he did his job
exceptionally well. I’m not too sure about the ladies who did injustice to the Sarafina
dance “Freedom”, many of them were off beat, looked uninterested and instead of
pretending like they were having a good time, they made it seem like they were
in pain. Instead of dancing along with them, I was cringing begging them to
stop, what a bummer for an opening
sequence, considering it was Janet Ikz and Ezekiel’s first time to SA. Andisena
ntloni… Ok, it’s youth day, let me be nice…. Well tried girls.
The two rapper dudes who opened for Ezeikiel were amazing, I
couldn’t understand a word they said though (no really, it was in some foreign
language) I guess was in love with the beat, I couldn’t help but attempt to
dance with my two left feet, my best friend kept asking me to sit down, oh
well. I loved Ezekiel’s entrance! He performed all his repertoire and then in
came my girl, JANET IKZ !! Listen, she got onto that stage and asked we do my
favourite thing in the world, TO WORSHIP! We began exalting the most high king
and reverenced his name. However, because we all kept mumbling the words to the
songs, she stopped jokingly saying “oh yeah, this is Africa, sorry guys” she
blew us away with her poems and before she performed the poem we all eagerly
awaited, she announced that after waiting on the lord and earnestly serving and
seeking him, she is now engaged to an Olympic athlete and are to tie the knot
in September. We all went insane! Ululating and singing, I even
took off my beanie, exposing my uncombed hair…I was happy ok?. But on a serious
note, there is hope in waiting on the lord! Wait on him and he shall fulfil his
promise to you. After hyping us up she performed “I will wait for you” and then
went to change into a wedding dress for her poem with Ezekiel, apparently they
were in Botswana and Pretoria before Cape Town and they hadn’t performed that
particular poem for any of those cities, I didn’t believe them though but hey,
we all were blown away. What I loved about both artists is that they perform
exactly the same way they do in the videos we have of them. Nothing irritating
than spending volumes of cash only to hear the opposite of what you know. I learnt two things from the show on Saturday
night, 1. The Lord can visit you wherever and whenever he pleases, even at a
Janet Ikz concert and most importantly; Waiting on the lord is crucial! Good
things come to those who WAIT!
Pic: courtesy of Yonela Makoba. My good Pal (Thuli and I)
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