Africa-Press – Eswatini. His Majesties Correctional Services Choir outsmarted the rest securing a well-deserved win and cementing their place as the Standard Bank choral music champions at Esibayeni Lodge last Sunday (May 26, 2024).
It’s worth mentioning that this year’s Standard Bank increased its sponsorship of the Choral Music Competition by E30 000. The bank has sponsored the competition to the tune of E330 000. Last year’s sponsorship by the bank was E300 000.
The sponsorship was announced last month by Head of Business and Commercial Banking, Mlamuli Hlatshwayo, who was representing the bank’s Chief Executive’s Mvuselelo Fakudze at the launch of the music competition, which was held at the bank’s headquarters at the Swazi Plaza.
Below are the Standard Bank Choral Competition prize money winners
Standard Section
Choir name Western position African position choice position overall Overall position
Pure voices 83 1 78 2 161 1 (E15 500)
Florence Catholic 76 2 75 3 84 1 151 3 (E10 500)
Sweet Sounds 74 3 79 1 82 2 153 2 (E13 500)
Asihlabelele 80 3
LARGE SECTION
Choir Name Western Position African Position Choice Position Overall Overall Position
HMCS 90 1 85 2 175 1 (E20 000)
REPS 88 2 87 2
Mbabane Methodist 88 1 89 1 170 2 (E18 000)
Manzini Choir 84 3 79 3 85 3 163 3 (E16 000)
Overall Position
A. Standard section
Pure Voices (161) = E15 500
Sweet Sounds (153) = E13 500
Florence Catholic (151) = E10 500
B. Choice Piece
Florence Catholic (84) = E4 000
Sweet Sounds (82) =E 3 000
Asihlabelele (80) = E2 000
Overall Position
Large Section
His Majesty Correctional Service (175) = E20 000
Mbabane Methodist (170) = E18 000
Manzini Choir (163) =E16 000
Choice Piece Large Section
Mbabane Methodist (89) = E4 000
Royal Eswatini Police (87) = E3 000
Manzini Choir (85) = E2 000
Solo Category
Alto
Nothile Mathonsi (75) = E2 000
Thulisile Mndzebele (73) = E1 500
Nontobeko Dlamini (68) = E1 000
Tenor
Sibusiso Dlamini (80) = E2 000
Zweli Msibi (76) = E 1 500
Mandisa Gumedze (73) = E1 000
Soprano
Lungeklwa Shabalala (79) = E2 000
Nkhosingphile Siboza (78) = E1 500
Siphowokuhle Nxumalo (74) = E1 000
Bass
Thando Zwane (90) = E2 000
Njabulo Mahlalela (84) = E1 500
Mhlonishwa Dlamini (80) = E1 000
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