# Renowned jazz icons Jonathan Butler and Themba Mkhize will receive this year’s Mzantsi Jazz Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. Past recipients of the award include Abigail Kubeka, Jonas Gwangwa, Letta Mbulu, and Dorothy Masuka. Grammy-nominated singer-songwriter/guitarist Butler received an honorary doctorate from Stellenbosch University in March. Mkhize is a revered pianist and composer who has been part of renowned jazz collectives such as Sakhile and Bayete. The ninth edition of the Mzantsi Jazz Awards will be held at the University of Johannesburg on the 30th of this month.
Mzantsi Jazz Awards to honour Jonathan Butler and Themba Mkhize