I was always amazed that the band LIVE had a song which made use of the Xhosa dialect. But, in hindsight, it’s not that amazing. After all it did appear on their album Throwing Copper which came out in 1994 – the same year Nelson Mandela became president. So it was probably a tribute to him. “ixesha” is Xhosa for “time” so they were obviously indicating that it is about time that he became president. So much symbolism…

Then they added the lightning for general imagery – which is fair enough.

Hey check this lightning next to the Cape Town stadium from the other night.

Hell’s teeth – look at that!
[picture credit Simon Gottschalk]

That’s pretty much the exact view you get of the stadium from my penthouse suite at The Cape Royale hotel.

I could’ve taken that pic.

I basically took that pic.

It’s basically my photograph.

I took it.

CLICK HERE to listen to Lightning Xesha by LIVE.

He says the words “Lightning Xesha” right at the start of the song.

It’s a tribute to Nelson Mandela.

[thanks mark]
[photos : source]