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Meet Candy Tsa Mandebele Mokwena is a South African singer, songwriter, and actress. Candy is popular for singing in Khelobedu language, which is a dialect of the Northern Sotho language. She began her singing career when she was barely 14 years of age in her mother’s community traditional group, Khekhapa. She has released hit songs and partnered with other artists as will be discussed more in this article.

Candy Tsa Mandebele comes from a family that embraces music, as the mother was the leader of a traditional musical group known as Khekhapa. The Khekhapa group was formed to serve as a platform to educate and instill cultural values through songs and dance. Mandebele is best known for Tsa Mandebele hit song which won Metro FM song of the year in 2003. Besides her thriving career and family, she has gone through hard times in life as shared more in this article. Keep reading to find out more about her age, son, TV shows, discography, among others.

Candy Mokwena profile

• Real name: Candy Tsa Mandebele Mokwena
• Born date:July 19, 1970
• Age: 50 years
• Place of birth:
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  1970–1993: Early life and beginnings

  Candy Tsa Mandebele Mokwena was born in July 19, 1970, in the province of Limpopo.^[1] Mandebele has three siblings, At the age of 14 Mokwena started performing as a soloist in her Mother's community traditional group Sekgapa choir (her mother was the group leader and also played the drum for the group), in the village of Ga- Sedibeni.^[2] Mandebele grew up without her biological father^[3]

  Mandebele also attended public school in Limpopo, she did not receive formal schooling, she dropped out of school at grade nine.^[4] Candy launched her professional music career in 1993 as songwriter on Peter Teanet's double multi-platinum album, "Nwa'yingwani".^[2]

  1994–2007: Career beginnings, Shaka Bundu Girls, and Disband

  In 1994, Candy and her friend Nurse Matlala moved to the city of Johannesburg to pursue music career, In late 1994, they met Papa Penny Penny, who helped them sign a record deal with Gallo Records, the duo co-wrote penny hit single "Shichangani-Lshilungu", while they were working on their debut single.^[5] In 1995, they launch

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  10 minutes with Candy Tsamandebele

  Image: Supplied

  Traditional music is one of South Africa’s most loved music genres, it is however one of the few that is still mostly looked down upon as it is often associated with people who are backward and illiterate. 

  Modern history and market sensibilities have attempted to place African traditional music into palatable ‘world music’ categories for foreign ears, reducing the music to a marketable and definable ‘essence’. 

  This often fails to consider that traditional music is dynamic and does not operate in isolation - it spears forth just as much as it boomerangs back. Like modern popular genres, traditional music continues to evolve.

  We caught up with Mosekedi Candy Mokwena, who is popularly known as Candy Tsamandebele - a household name in traditional music and a renowned actress in some of the country’s popular television programmes. 

  Image: Supplied The veteran actress/ singer was born in a Limpopo village called GaSedibeng in Bolobedu where she lived with her mother and three siblings. 

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