Joyous Celebration Foundation
South African gospel ensemble MTN Joyous Celebration's rights-holding foundation, credited across every distributor it has used since 1996.
- Based in
- South Africa
- Founded
- 1996
- Founders
- Lindelani Mkhize, Jabu Hlongwane, Mthunzi Namba
Joyous Celebration Foundation is the South African entity behind the long-running gospel ensemble MTN Joyous Celebration, founded in 1996 by Lindelani Mkhize, Jabu Hlongwane and Mthunzi Namba. It is the named phonogram co-credit on the group’s recordings across every distribution era: Sony Music Entertainment Africa (1997–2020), Universal Music (Pty) Ltd (2021–2022), and its own label, Joyous Records (PTY) Ltd, from 2024.
The Foundation itself does not distribute; it is the rights-holder credit that persists underneath whichever major has handled distribution in a given period, including the group’s 2021 move to Universal Music and Motown Gospel.