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Saturday, 3 October 2026
Broadcast live from Pretoria’s State Theatre, the episode spotlighted a Mozambique-South Africa choir memorialising composer and activist DC Marivate through newly arranged choral works.
- 18:00
MOSA International Choir’s first South African concert featured singers from Mozambique and South Africa, with plans to make the DC Marivate Memorial an annual event.
- 16:47
Pianist Norman Chowke arranged ten DC Marivate songs for choir; three were receiving their first choral performances, including a love song and a miners’ protest song.
- 17:54
Choir manager Maggie Machume said the memorial programme included Marivate works about the Second World War, Swiss missionaries, African intellectual achievement and cultural diversity.
- 18:00
The concert was presented as a cultural link between Mozambique and South Africa, with organisers aiming to promote new composers and strengthen choral music across the SADC region.