(1951-11-02) 2 November 1951 (age 72) Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa
Genres
Afro pop
Years active
1970–present
Website
http://hotstixmabuse.com
Children
Mpho Skeef (daughter)
Musical artist
Sipho Cecil Peter Mabuse (born 2 November 1951), known professionally as Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse, is a South African singer-songwriter.
Mabuse grew up in Soweto. His mother was Zulu and his father was Tswana. Sipho and his band used to be managed by Solly Nkuta. After dropping out of school in the 1960s,[1] Mabuse got his start in the Afro-soul group the Beaters in the mid-1970s. After a successful tour of Zimbabwe they changed the group's name to Harari, an afrosoul band led by Mabuse. When they returned to their homeland in South Africa they began to draw almost exclusively on American-style funk, soul, and pop music, sung in Zulu and Sotho as well as English. He has also recorded and produced for, among others, Miriam Makeba, Hugh Masekela, Ray Phiri and Sibongile Khumalo.
Mabuse is responsible for the song "Burn Out" in the early 1980s which sold over 500,000 copies, and the giant (Disco Shangaan) hit of the late 1980s, "Jive Soweto".
His daughter is the singer Mpho Skeef.
Mabuse returned to school at the age of 60, completing his matric (grade 12) in 2012 at Peter Lengene Community Learning Centre.[2] He stated that he intended to continue on to college and study anthropology. President Jacob Zuma praised him for giving "inspiration to all of us by showing us that one is never too old for education".[1]
^ ab"Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse finishes South African school". BBC News. 30 July 2012. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2012.
^"Sipho 'Hotstix' Mabuse: celebrity pupil at 60 - Vodacom Mobile Education Programme". digitalclassroom.co.za. Archived from the original on 22 December 2017. Retrieved 19 December 2017.
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