After 11 years of spiritual healing and inspirational songs. it is fitting for the celebrated Joyous Celebrations ensemble to present an all encompassing, uplifting soul healing 12th album titled
Joyous Celebration 12 recorded live at the Grand West Arena in Caoe Town on 19 December 2007. In recording this double CD and DVD, Joyous Celebration made sure the message carried in all the songs on the album captures, and also incorporates the dynamic mood and musical excellence that prevailed in al the previous 11 albums recorded in the past 11 years of the group's existence.
Bukiwe Twani's captivating deep voice on Mandilive left everybody in the audience in a trance during the live performance in Cape Town, Bonang ho hlahile maru, the age old rhythm, rendered by William Sejake, sounds like a new song altogether and the audience felt blessed and had no alternative but to ask for more. This the group proves beyond a shadow of a doubt, that they continue to for all the South African people in the gospel music genre. With PatrickDuncan singing for the first time in Afrikaans the praise and worship song titled "Hy Is Heilig". This album wouldbe incomplete without the group's all-time stalwarts like Pastor Mthunzi Namba, Jabu Hlongwane and the maestro, Lindelani Mkhize. They also made sure that the development of new artists continues by including highly talented new artists such as Zanele Mokhethi, Mahalia Buchanan, Nhlanhla Mwelase and Ruby van der Linde to add new dimension to the Joyous Celebration family.