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02 Us

03 This Issue

04 Lets Eat

06 Fashion and ‘F’-ilanthropy

09 Art gallery in a Mag

12 Let’s talk Business

Now, as said, LUCID

UPKEEP is the new,

growing and multi-faceted

space that allows

Influencers, Artists and

Brands to bring their

tapestry to you and even

collaborate and form even

bigger things. We want you

to feel confident about

your art, grow it by building

on it, making it more

appealing even and get

you the right recognition.

So, is this your home ? Oh

and yes, our roots and aim

were based on uplifting

the Venda-culture, sure; we

will still do that but we

want everyone to feel

welcomed.

A B O U T U S

TEAM

Rokunda Lukoto

Tersia Mukwevho

Phathutshedzo Khorombi

@_lucidupkeep.mag

@lucidupkeepmag

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L U C I D U P K E E P M A G . W O R D P R E S S . C O M

THIS ISSUE

F E A T U R I N G T H E E :

L U V H A N I N E M A N A S H I-

T S H I F H I W A M P H A P H U L I-

T H E M U T S I L A B R O T H E R S-

J U N I O R-

K I N G L U T E N D O

W E K N O W Y O U N E E D E D A P O P O F C O L O U R

All throughout December, “Luvhani,” took us on a

Mexican tour by bringing Mexican cuisine to us as

mentioned. A pop-up stall that was actually a

food truck, parked at Thavhani Mall from the 12th

of December 2020 till the 3rd of January 2021.

Personally for LU, the experience was exciting but

we’d be interested to find out who else visited the

stall and how they found it. Do you know the

tastebud dance? Well, the spicy and cheesy

Mexican delicacies like Tacos, Nachos, Loaded-

cheese fries and Enchiladas definitely were in tune

and making everyone’s tastebuds do the Jarabe

Tapatío.

The stall served a variety of different flavoured

wings with a side of Fizzy Oros, yup, you heard

that right and Venda’s weather had nothing on

these combos. The LU Fam experienced every bit

of this amazing period with The tastebud team

and we cannot wait for more experiences, we

hope you don’t miss out too, if you did.

F: Luvhani Nemanashi

On today’s menu, we are

serving a returning

feature who we might

have already sold out,

Mexican cuisine and a

few pictures to help give

you a proper look of the

experience LU got to

capture in December.

Now, Listen up.

By Tersia Mukwevho

@luu_vhani

@the_tastebud_za

@luu_vhani

@tastebudthe

Let’s eat

Let’s eat >>>

L E T S

EAT

( TASTEBUD )

Enjoy the “FOOD IN THE PHOTOS”

with us.

FASHION& ‘F’-ILANTHROPY

By Rokunda Luko to

Pho tog raphs supp l i ed by TM

M P H A P H U L I T S H I F H I W A

And now on to it, when we reached out to her we asked her a few questions

about her Insta, fashion and we are sure you are wondering why we

mentioned “ ‘F’-ilanthropy “, you’ll see; or read rather.

“No, I don’t consider myself as an influencer but an influential person rather”-

She loves to see herself helping other people and helping them become

better version of themselves. Now sitting at 7400 followers, she stared her

Instagram account back in 2015 after in her words; “lost weight and posting

my body was something I grew to love so much” She further said; “we all

have different stories and weight loss isn’t the norm, not for me at least; so

feel beautiful in your skin, your curves, your marks and what whatever makes

you happy and unique , that’s your content and it matters”

WHAT IS FASHIONTO YOU?

A 20 year old young lady from Venda who is

currently living in Cape Town. Carrying a Degree in

BSc Psychology and Political Sciences; she is

currently working on her Honors. Blue is her favorite

colour, she sings, she writes and is so into fashion

that she always looks so “high-end” every single time

she glams up. Tshifhiwa Mphaphuli LU readers.

In this very fast-moving world, it’s rare to find

people who are still very invested in their growth

and not only theirs but others too. People who still

have time for more than all these other things the

world gives us to keep us away from reality and

more.

Let’s call this segment: Fashion and ‘F’-ilanthropy.

She’s currently on this platform to help further grow as a

person and brand. She also hopes she can one day meet

Bonang Matheba because she admires her work ethic,

style and fashion, persistence and resilience and most of

all her story as a woman with a dream that manifested

into greatness and all that Queen B is.

Fashion

“I believe that fashion is a language that people speak

indirectly, the best way you can express yourself and

communicate who you really are to other people. Fashion

means beauty and value and life to me, actually, ‘a lot’, but

our individuality comes through fashion as well and so I

take it very seriously. An instrument we can use to express

ourselves better”

Remember when we said she was so into fashion?

We meant it.

She told us how when she thinks

about fashion, her mind, heart and

soul have to delegate because

fashion is that ‘major’ for her, “it heals

me”. And soon she’ll be heading into

the fashion industry fully because of

her immense love for it. “If I had the

money? I’d change my outfits every

second.”; she said.

AN LU EXCLUS IVE

7 LUFASHION & ‘F’-ILANTHROPY

‘F’-ilanthropy

If you didn’t know then now you do, Tshifhiwa

Mphaphuli Foundation is up and running.

Projects are in the brew. Firstly, the name;

“me wanting to be an influential person, means

that what I wanna leave behind should be a

legacy for all my people and myself hence the

name and as a woman, I wanted to bring

change.”

Tshifhiwa is about to become a change maker

indeed. Tapping into the differences between

opportunities that girls in rural and urban

communities face, she wants to be the merger

of it all. She really believes in her and not just

that but self-awareness and self-actualization.

She wants to give girls without the tools,

opportunities to actually make it big in the

world even before fully tapping into it and

hopes a lot of girls, young women and people in

general benefit from her foundation. Above all

this, the foundation would love to be invested

in, as an NPO it obviously needs money to get

things done but, the participation from

everyone would be most appreciated, so

readers, DM or talk to Tshifhiwa, let’s build this

together.

WHAT IS FASHIONTO YOU? AN LU EXCLUS IVE

8 LUFASHION & ‘F’-ILANTHROPY

Tshifhiwa has often been misjudged and given

personas She doesn’t even click with and through

LU, She has a feeling that a door for her to truly let

herself; her real self out there has been opened.

“This platform will not only help me tell people

about who I am but also grow my brand especially

this foundation and so can you; grow from this and

support start ups, all kinds and I really appreciate

LU for this opportunity.”.

@ _ I T S R A I S I N S A U V A G E _ @ T S H I F H I W A _ M P H A P H U L I _ F O U N D A T I O N

explor ing new waves(new segment)

UNEDITEDUNEDITEDINTERVIEWS

The purpose of Unedited interviewswas to capture the raw informat ion

that comes from our features.There’s perfect ion in imperfect ionand whatever we share or say i s

deeply rooted to what we fee l andunderstand and that ’s what LU

brings the reader, the rawness.

Last ly , th is i s to he lp grow thereader ’s at tent ion to detai l , work

out the errors you see as you read,i t internal izes your thoughts to and

of the p iece. So yes, Unedited i ssomething LU is proud to introduce.

ART GALLERY IN A MAG

Questions

A Bio first then,

1. Define art in your own words and tell us whatkind of art you lot are into or do?

2. When did you start doing this and how did it

come about? How is it going so far?

3. Tell us or mention any 2 artists or architectsyou would like to meet in future and also, 2 thatyou look up to for inspiration in your field of art.

4. How’s this artistry going really? Faults orAchievements?

5. What are you currently studying if you aren’tworking and if you are working what do you do?

6. Lastly, how do you think LU will help you, yourwork and what do you hope to teach peoplethrough and with LU?

UNEDITEDUNEDITEDI N TERV I EWS

ART GALLERY IN A MAG

M A S H U D U L I V I N G S T O N E M U T S I L A

1. I would define Art as anything we make or do that plays with emotions, we can makesomething to make people feel hopeful, empathetic or just to make people laugh. Artshould also be about the artist I think, we tend to box artists to always create art that issaying something to the world outside, I believe sometimes it can just be about the artistand what it means to them. I make art of just what I like, the buildings I design are inspiredby thousands of pictures of houses I used to have on my phone that I would spend hoursstaring at, imagining myself living in.

The Architectural designs I do are what I want to see populating the world, they are mostlyconceptual designs, this is because I want to break the circle of familiar designs we aresee being built around us, I want the built environment to be a bit more ambitious.

3. On the Architecture side, I would like to meet Peter Zumthor and Bjarke Ingels,these two also heavily influence my approach to Architectural design. My art isinspired by Jono Dry and this is one artist I would really love to meet one day.

4. Can't say I have much complaints on the architecture side, I am getting clientsthat I think are good for someone who is still studying, the art side, started off a bitshaky because I was constantly doing commission portraits drawings and that meantI would always not have pieces I could show in an exhibition or gallery but ever sinceI stopped, I have been working on my own pieces that I will be able to exhibitsometime in the future.

5. I am currently studying to become an Architect at the university of Cape Town butthat only goes half with building my own Architecture and Art company.

6. I am very big on my work being seen as a work by a Venda person, and as this isa voice for Venda people, it would only make sense that work is also voiced here.

b’art[ b(brother) + (art) ]

brothers in art

On the other hand I am doing a series of drawings called Figure Study, this is to showlove to women of this generation who are frowned upon for showing their bodies andjust to let that be seen as Art and to be respected as is.

2. I have been drawing for as long as I can remember but designing houses startedafter I drew a house in high school, and with my obsession with modern architecture Ithought it would only make sense if I design my own dream house but I kept re-designing it each time I got better at drawing.so far it has been doing good, I get clients which is a good income on the side andwhen I am not working on a project, I get enough time to build a portfolio of theambitious designs I hope to build...

I would be described as an artist, graphic designer and aspiring Architect. I am 23years old, and I spend most of my time in my head, I believe there's an entire world

in my imagination that I need to find a way to bring into the real world, hence theArchitectural designs. I am currently doing a research on architecture by the Venda

people also how they lived.I want to know enough about how we were, so I can be in a better position to

imagine how life would be today if the Venda people had not come in contact withthe Europeans. I believe we could have evolved in our own way and I am trying toexplore that. Also, I have just been working on my health (through soccer mostly),

exercising everyday just keep my body and mind healthy.

ART GALLERYIN A MAG

1. Art to me is the ability and skill toeffortlessly bring feelings, ideas andimaginations to life in a creativeinterpretation. I'm into Realism,check the term out.

2. Having a family background ofartistry, my venture in art was quiteearly, although I started growingmuch fond of art around 2015.When I say family, I speak of mybrother. I basically I just used tocopy my brother while he did hisown stuff trying to compete with himbut little did I know that I’d fall in lovewith drawing. It started very small,drawing Dragon Ball Z sketches andthe likes but in 2015, that allchanged. I felt the need to bettermyself in terms of drawing so I tookit upon myself to challenge thistalent, and guess what, I succeededby starting to draw realistic portraitsof the people around me and gotthem right. I’ve grown to love doingthat, working with completestrangers and getting their actualityon drawing paper, that’s my lingo,that’s the kind of art I’m into.

P H I N D U L O M U T S I L A

I’m a very private person. I havea very small circle of friends butI’m somehow known by a lot ofpeople. Anyways, I’m reallychilled, like to get along withprople, I’m into soccer andphotography and I’m 20. Lastly,I’m a very happy soul and I don’tneed anyone to tell me because Ican’t think of days I felt miserableor sad so that must saysomething.

3. Jono Dry and Arinze, checkthem out.

4. The artistry is going well, all myart pieces, as of recently have

been a pleasurable achievement.Definitely no faults thus far.

5. I don’t really want to get into

what I’m doing academically or so,for whoever has interest, I’m a

Student and that’s all.

6. We all have different things weate passionate about, most of you

must know my name or heard ofme but don’t really know what I’m

into or like doing but here’s thisstart-up magazine, LU, featuringme and giving me exposure right

but just as much as I’m getting outthere on a small scale, I feel that

being rooted to my ethnicity is whatI feel most proud of by being a part

of the LU family so let’s not shyaway from giving them the tools

and support they need.

b’art[ b(brother) + (art) ]

brothers in art

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BUSINESS TALK

Questions

A Bio first then,1. Tell us about your Plaque business, when,

how and why did it start?

2. How is business so far and tell us about yourproducts and their prices?

3. Out of all the things you have created so far,

which one do you feel stood out and why ifindeed there is one?.

4. Are there any other things you are a part ofor entities you own or something?

5. What are you currently studying if you aren’tworking and if you are working what do you do?

6. How do you think LU will help you, your workand what do you hope to teach people throughand with LU?

UNEDITEDUNEDITEDI N TERV I EWS

BUSINESS TALK

Junior Dzaga

DopeIce

Pla- -ques

HouseofSmoke

J U N I O R D Z A G A “ H U S T L E R ”

My name is Junior Dzaga, 21 years old studying a BSc inBotany and Zoology at University of Venda. I’m a people-

person. I love meeting new people and learning about theirlives and their backgrounds. I can almost always find common

ground with strangers, and I like making people feelcomfortable in my presence. I find this skill is especially

helpful when kicking off projects with new clients. I was currently nominated on 015 Awards for Best Hustler of

the Year 2021.

Dopeice Boutique.Dopeice Boutique was launched in 2009 and later registered in

2015 by my brother Nelson Swoosh. Fun fact: it was featured onan online magazine called Hype Magazine 2017 ( and now a

younger more rooted magazine in 2021; LU a bit, sweet huh?),Fashion TV channel on DSTV and also MTV in a music video ByUnarine FT Mizo Phyll- Venda Wave. I Joined Dopeice Boutiquein January 2019 and now I am co-own of the brand. It has been

doing the most all over the country. Dopeice has taken the streetsof Thohoyandou and beyond by storm with the best merchandise

and unique style which has deeply grounded sense of who theowner is. Some of our Influencers are Zaid, Plain Jain, Vivi, Kau

De Skrr skrr, Born black just to mention a few. The business now has so many Employees including Anthea

Moyo and many more.

The Plaques business Vivi plaques was launched this year on the 14th January 2021 by myyounger sister; Vivian Dzaga and myself. The business idea started

when my little sister she saw how hard was to find a perfect gift for anindividual and how hard it was to decorate your own room so she toldme the idea and I called one of my good friend, Excitement Normanthat owns a Printing company and Got the qoutation for the printing

then the following day the business started and we started having somany customers ordering each and everyday despite our R100 price

per Plaque. The business is now big and we get orders almosteveryday. We now have a great team that consists of Anthea Moyo

and Rotondwa Mawelewele who handles the packaging.

House of Smoke House of smoke was launched on the 21st of October 2020

and was registered on 12 November 2020.My brother Nelson Swoosh and I are the founders of it and itis situated in the heart of Thohoyadou. House of Smoke isnotorious for its vibrant atmosphere, trend setting crowd &

beautiful selection of exquisite Shisha flavours of the highestcalibre. We pride ourselves on making our guests

comfortable. Select your favourite food, drinks & Shishafrom our extensive menu. Free WIFI & USB points. Play

games in our games area or relax & enjoy the atmosphere.Our entertainment systems host all of the major sports

games in style. WEEKENDS, out exclusive resident DJs beon the decks creating our haven for socialites & celebrities

alike. We also have the VIP booth for special occasions, welook after you here at the House of Smoke. Come through

(Strictly adhere to the COVID-19 restrictions).

Lastly, I really think LU will get me more exposure and morecustomers because their work is amazing and we are now afamily. To everyone reading this please remember; “Nothing

will ever stop your blessing and If you wana change theworld start off by making your own bed.” - JD

J U N I O R D Z A G A “ H U S T L E R ”

@ V i v p l a q u e s@ D o p e i c e b o u t i q u e

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MUSIC

Questions

1. What/which artist/s inspire/s you? (At most3)

2. Who in the music industry would youcompare yourself to?

3. What inspired the new project?4. What are the differences between your

last project and this new project?5. When can we expect this project to fully

drop?

This is not the first time LU coversKINGLUTENDO and certainly won’t be the last.He is the definition of multi-talented andconstantly serves. Are you ready for his next bigcome back?

UNEDITEDUNEDITEDI N TERV I EWS

From his debut with us through his previous album, MUYA and a bit on hisanimated series ‘I and Infinity’, he’s back yet again, he’s about to release yet

again and question is, are you ready?

1. Lots of different types, having formally studied art and design I've seen thesethings have a direct connection with each other, even music, so my inspirations

vary, from Movie Directors, animators, old music, designers. My personalinspiration comes from the lessons I learn as I grow as well as the need to always

improve my craft.

2. Literally no one, maybe a combination of a few people?

NDADZI SINGLE WRITE UP:

Ndadzi, which means lightning in Tshivenda is an ode to having ahigher sense of calling. It is based around the idea that I have beensent, by a higher force just like the lightning itself. The lightning alsobeing a symbol for the intensity of the art I create and the messages

within it and how it is delivered, it is a symbol for a force too quick andpowerful to be contained and represents the atitude to conquer that I

carry.

THAVHA ALBUM WRITE UP:

Thavha, which means mountain in Tshivenda, is an album thatrepresents the peak. This could either be the peak of great things, the

peak of a challenge that is meant to usher new growth, the peak ofones on introspective journey of self embeterment or even the peak of

confusion. This has to do with how the cycle of life is constantlyturning in no one’s favour, and no matter how we look at it we arealways at a peak, whether it be the peak of a low or the peak of a

high. we must learn to embrace the peaks of the bad just as we dowith the good, in order to get the most out of both, wether it be

progress or a lesson.

3. My new project wasnt necessarily inspired by a single thought or event, I wasjust making music as I always am and found that the collection of lessons in the

music I was making was closely linked and relevant to the place I am at in my lifeat the moment, through introspection and past reflection. I decided probably aftermaking 8 beats or so that this would be its own project as opposed to just being a

random collection of sounds on my computer.I named it Thavha because ithighlights different peaks in life both good and bad but each vital for growth.

4. I think the difference is in the sounds and textures, this project is much brighterbut still very aggressive, as always the productionis experimental so it cant really

be compared to any of my previous projects, even as far as the subject mattergoes, because the personal and artistic growth move together for me at this point.

5. The full album drops March 5, 2021.

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