Philasande and Wawasande

Philasande and Wawasande (real names Philasande Mthethwa and Wandile Sandile Tsabedze) is a music duo from Manzini, Swaziland who began their music career at an early age. The two are committed members of the Voice of the Christian Nation Ministries and reside at Ngwenya Village. Philasande started performing while he was in Sunday school. He later joined forces with Wasande to form a duo. In 2009, they began their journey in the entertainment industry to deliver a message through poetry and have been invited to perform at numerous events. Before long, they became a household name.

This gave them exposure which prompted a need to release their debut album titled ‘Ungubani Yena’ which featured the hit track, ‘Itaste ishintjile’ (released 2011). They performed some of the songs at different events, locally and outside borders, and they were requested to record a DVD. The project was recorded and released at Technomedia Production in November, 2012. The project boasts of 10 spiritual tracks, which were shot in different venues including Ezulwini, Divine Healing Ministries, Mavuso Trade Centre, to name a few. Songs found on the project include ‘Ungubani Yena’, ‘Madida’, ‘I-taste Ishintjile’, ‘Umshado’, ‘UJehova Ungumalusi’ and ‘Vuka Uyibambe Qhawe Elihle’. Others are ‘Uyamazi Na?’, ‘Ungesabi’, ‘Kufa’ and ‘Lord You are Great’.

Shortly afterwards, the outfit was invited to perform outside Swaziland. In 2012, they landed an invitation to perform for the South African personality Zanele Mbokazi and even got a chance to perform for Yvonne Chaka Chaka on her visit to the nation.
They were also honored with the invitation to perform at Worship Centre’s 10th birthday anniversary, where they delivered a best performance and impressed Pastor Justice Dlamini who invited them to perform at his 50th birthday celebration.

In their opinion, breaking into the music industry wasn’t a challenge, but securing funding to record their album was difficult.