in 2014, khumalo was featured in carnegie hall's ubuntu festival as part of a concert featuring a selection of new music composers. his music was also featured in the 2013 festival d'automne and the cologne new music forum of the same year. khumalo has been featured at festivals and competitions in south africa as well. he was the runner-up in the 2006 samro overseas scholarship competition and featured at a number of newmusicsa's new music indabas, the sterkfontein composers meeting, and the grahamstown national arts festival.