Throughout his career, Eddie Zondi has received numerous awards and accolades for his contributions to South African music. He has won several SAMAs (South African Music Awards) and has been nominated for multiple other awards, including the prestigious FNB Vita Award for Best Male Artist.

The driver, a grizzled man named Vusi, smiled into the rearview mirror. “That, my child, is Eddie Zondi. ‘Hand in the Dark.’ From 1994. Before you were born.”

Born on October 9, 1967, in Soweto, Eddie Zondi’s journey to becoming a national icon began in the early 1990s. His career started far from the glitz of national FM, hosting at a shopping mall radio kiosk before finding his break at BOP TV. He joined Metro FM (then Radio Metro) in 1996, initially as a weekend sports anchor. However, his deep-seated "soul music ear" soon led him to his true calling: the world of R&B and slow jams. The "Romantic Repertoire" Phenomenon

And so began Thandi’s obsession.

Thandi downloaded every Eddie Zondi album she could find. The production was often shoddy—a distorted bass here, a cough there. But the feeling was immaculate. She listened to on repeat during her morning commute. She cried to “Isiqalo (The Beginning)” while cooking dinner. She fell asleep to the instrumental version of “Thula (Hush)” , a lullaby he wrote for a daughter he lost in childbirth.