b'PolkaMzwandile Twala Simiso RadebeMZWANDILE TWALA was born in 2000 and was brought to Buskaid at the age of 3 by his foster grandmother, with whom he lived in another suburb of Soweto. He was one of the youngest children to start learning the violin at Buskaid, and was initially taught in groups. His first individual teacher was Keabetswe Goodman, one of Buskaids Assistant violin teachers; at the age of 6 he started showing signs of prodigious talent, and was then taught by Rosemary Nalden, who has been his teacher ever since. In 2018 he gained his DipABRSM with Distinction and is now the leader of the Buskaid Ensemble, as well as an assistant teacher at Buskaid. In 2019, Mzwandile was given a scholarship to attend a Musicworks chamber music course in the UK. He very much enjoys playing chamber music, as well as experimenting with jazz improvisation. He is currently receiving Zoom lessons from the distinguished British violinist Paul Barritt. Mzwandile wishes to study abroad, but the pandemic has obliged him to put his plans on hold. SIMISO RADEBE joined Buskaid in 1999 as a nine-year-old beginner and was taught initially in a group, and then individually by Rosemary Nalden. From the outset, it was clear that he was highly talented, and he became a member of the Buskaid Ensemble within four years of having started to play the violin. He was awarded a Diploma with Distinction from the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (Dip ABRSM) before being accepted as BMus undergraduate by the Royal Academy of Music in London, where he obtained a DipHE. He recently accepted a position in a Cape Town-based orchestra. buskaid.org.za/ 13'