The Matabeleland South province is where young people partake in various forms of art. Some of them have established fast growing arts organisations that play a huge societal role. There are multitalented creative individuals involved in various forms of art that include music, poetry, fine arts, acting, modelling, traditional and contemporary dance groups among other categories of the arts industry. These experts have demonstrated high levels of passion, commitment and dedication in what they do.
Proficience Cadder is a young lady, founder of the Planet Kadder Academy. This is an entity that seeks to groom young, upcoming artists from the province by offering them immensely attractive and impressive quality assistance in their unique areas of focus. The academy was started in 2019, her husband, Mulgan Sibanda aka Khoi Khoi is the co-founder who wears many jackets as he is a fashion designer and a musician. Proficient is an Early Childhood Development expert hence her passion to work with the young. “I love kids, I love the way they do things, I love the energy they put in everything that they do, they put their heart and soul, I so much love their gratitude, excitement when I assist them in their growth and development, the feeling is priceless, its far much more than getting a million dollar, I surely love the outcome of hardwork, most of the children I have trained have scooped awards and I am so thrilled by this”.
Proficient has been in the arts industry since 2006 and had her first big breakthrough at Makorokoza where she auditioned and got an opportunity to be part of the Makorokoza drama. She vividly remembers watching music mix in 2003 which featured renowned artists like Roki, whom she fondly describes as her favourite and a main source of inspiration and she loves his song called Chido so much. She was fascinated by the energy exhibited by Roki, “eeey I loved that video to the extent that I told myself that I am going to sing, I am going to buy a book write my songs and sing, I didn’t care whether there was a recording studio in Gwanda or not, I just told myself that I am going to be a musician, surely Roki motivated me to get to the music industry, its a pity I have never met him, he is my icon ngiyamthanda”, said Proficient.
Proficient appreciates the efforts she has put so far when she mentions that she has indeed made great strides in as far as the arts and entertainment industry is concerned. She mentions that she is not yet there where she wants to be as she is fervently waiting for her breakthrough when one day she will have a testimony that can inspire so many people. She acknowledges the love and support she receives from those around her. She says, “I have made great strides but I am not sure about the breakthrough, maybe I do not appreciate because so much love and uplifting comments are flowing”. She states the challenges that she faces such a limited airplay on radio stations hence she is not sure about the breakthrough issue. The other challenge is that she has not managed to get good financial rewards from her creativity. Lack of resources also deprive her from realizing her full potential in her area of specialization, lack of knowledge perhaps on the administrative side of art, the paperwork and other opportunities for her growth and development in the industry. She also states lack of commitment as a challenge where it is hard to get volunteers to assist her in different areas as she struggles to survive as she needs to be cushioned.
Proficient is a proud StarBrite 2016 poetry finalist. She launched her career emagrosa akoSekusile. She acknowledges StarBrite for shaping her career where she learnt quite a lot of things for one in the creative industry, after StarBrite. She was more focused and knew what she wanted to do and how and why she wanted to do her art. She is also an Intwasa 2019 short story finalist, TESMA award 2020 Best Kwaito award winner and she is a founder and Director of the Planet Kadder Academy. She has shared stages with legendary icons in the music industry such as Bricks, Bignuz, DJ Sbu, done choreography for Roki, she has also trained drama majorettes groups, Mtshede and Senondo.
She says that her art is different from that of other artists because hers is more like a case study where she identifies a problem to find out perhaps why artists are struggling and then come up with various methods of overcoming the problems. In her works she asks why it is that there are only a few of them who reach to the top, she is aware that perhaps they are in the region of lower concentration where they are trying to climb higher. The other attribute that makes her unique is that she says, “mina nyangena ngeheart and asomatope engiwenzayo, I sacrifice a lot always plus the main reason is because God blessed me with a different thought and I am so grateful about that”.
Proficient explains how being a mother has not stopped her from pursuing her passion in the creative industry as she explains, “ There is one thing about me, I basically work with my kid on my back and I think most people are now used to that because that is me, ngingumama, don’t be afraid of owning your space and to be who you are, go for your dreams no matter what it takes, no matter the circumstances. Be who you are unapologetically, be true to yourself, learn from your own mistakes, do not compete because you will lose focus, stay in your lane, be surrounded by people who add value to your life”.
