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Sandra Ndebele hogged the limelight with her dance skills some years ago.  Although her art was initially labelled controversial, Sandy, as she is popularly known to her fans, soldiered on until the greater arts industry accepted her style. She has performed locally and abroad and has been instrumental in marketing local culture internationally. When Sandy got marrired a couple of years ago, some critics thought she would drop her art to focus on her business and family. But the Bulawayo-based artiste continues to juggle her roles with apparent ease. The Herald Arts Correspondent Tawanda Marwizi (TM) talked to Sandy (SN).

TM: How are you Sandra?
SN: Am fine my dear and you.

TM: You got married a couple of years ago and most people thought you would quit music and dance. How does your husband take it when you gyrate on stage?
SN: He is unmoved by it because it is bringing food to our table.  He is very supportive to the group.

TM: Your dances have been linked to “dirty styles” by music critics what you can say about that considering that you are a mother.
SN: I don’t see anything wrong about my dances and people that come to our our shows can testify that we are professional. I no longer put on attires that expose my body and my dances are still the same because they have never been wrong.

TM: How do you balance music and your family business?
SN: It is difficult because as a mother of two children and owner of a boutique named Sandy Fashions in Bulawayo, I sometimes compromise my time for music. I suspend rehearsals so often when I have to travel to Dubai and Botswana for the purchase of wares for the shop and my children also need attention.

TM: What happened to your Sandy Craft shop?
SN: It is still there and we usually sell our goods in United States of America.

TM: So do you go to music rehearsals every weekend?
SN: As for now I am practicing every weekend because we are working on a new album that will be released before Easter holidays.