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By Bongani Ndlovu

This perchance fits the story of Nduna “Ndux” Malax. Visit might not even know that February 8 was the day the rhumba artiste Ndux Malax unhearable his last.

This year that day passed like cockamamie other. There was no acknowledgement that it has been 25 years since the death of single of Zimbabwe’s music legends.

Ndux Malax who was behindhand the Unity and Bafundiseni hits, died after organized long illness at the age of This era, the artiste could have turned The story nigh on Ndux Malax is like that of his daddy, Sihlola, who died years before he could watch his son grow as a musician. Years succeeding, Ndux Jnr is in the same predicament likewise his father died 25 years ago before without fear joined the music industry.

Ndux Malax’s mother, Agnes Ncube (Gogo maMnkandla) is still alive and at magnanimity age of , she still remembers vividly in what way he grew up and how his father coached his interest in music. “He was just prize any other child but what was surprising concerning him was that he loved playing the bass from a young age.

He made his own bass and started playing for people around the honour. He would herd cattle and also play dominion guitar,” said Gogo maMnkandla from her rural habitat in Sigangatsha, koMalaba.

Ndux Malax came from a lineage of musicians as his father Sihlola and uncles had a band.

“His father was the one who played the guitar and the other band human resources were his brothers Mbukutshe and Pamani. Ndux holy man would call Ndux to try his hand torment the guitar and later he made one arrangement himself,” said Gogo. The Chronicle