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Dube Connection

A South African gospel label and rights-holding company controlled by Bishop Benjamin Dube, distributed by Sony Music Entertainment Africa.

Based in
Johannesburg, South Africa

Dube Connection (also styled Dube Connection Enterprise) is the record label and rights-holding company of South African gospel artist and pastor Bishop Benjamin Dube. It is named as phonogram copyright owner on his In His Presence catalogue and related releases, including Early Years, Spiritual Celebration and Legendary In His Presence, with Sony Music Entertainment Africa credited on the same releases as exclusive distributor rather than owner.

The company’s precise legal registration was not established: South Africa’s Companies and Intellectual Property Commission has no public API, and the one registry-derived record located through an aggregator, for an entity named DUBE CONNECTION INTERNATIONAL, is listed as deregistered and is not treated here as establishing this company’s status. Trade coverage associates the label with a broader roster including the Dube Brothers and artist Themba Masina, though those credits were not independently verified against a release credit line.

In mid-2026 Dube signed a new catalogue deal moving his output to Sony Music Entertainment Africa, described on his own social channels as the “2nd roll” of the Sony/Dube Connection partnership. The label has no standalone website; it operates through X, Instagram, Facebook and YouTube.

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