Sibongile Khumalo OIS (24 September 1957 – 28 January 2021) was a South African singer and song writer.

[3][7] She proceeded to earn a second Bachelor of Arts (with honours) from the University of the Witwatersrand,[3] along with a Postgraduate Diploma in Personnel Management from the Wits Business School.

She went on to win the Standard Bank Young Artist Award at the National Arts Festival in Grahamstown the following year.

[6][7] Her show which sold-out, called The Three Faces of Sibongile Khumalo, involved a mix of jazz, opera, and local indigenous music.

[10][11][12] She subsequently led the national anthems of South Africa and of New Zealand at the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup.

[13] Khumalo sang as the mezzo-soprano soloist in Verdi's Requiem when The Bach Choir under David Willcocks toured South Africa in 1997.

[6] She featured as a soloist for symphony orchestras in South Africa, and performed as the title character in Carmen, Amneris in Aida, and Azucena in Il trovatore for national theatre operas.

SAMRO would later become the centre of a scandal regarding the underpayment of royalties to artists, much of this taking place during Khumalo's time working for the organisation.