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On 12 February 1982 journalist Thami Mazwai was jailed for two years after refusing to present facts against a former fellow student-leader charged under the Terrorism Act. At the time Mazwai was a journalist with the Sowetan. In the early 1980s the Nationalist Party government was determined to curtail any sign of dissent that might lead to unrest. And the period, 1980 to 1984, was marked by a series of political trials flowing from the unrest that had gripped the country in the second half of the 1970s. It is therefore possible that the student leaders were charged with offenses relating to their activities in the 1970s. On 9 October 1969 Mazwai received a letter from Steve Biko explaining the reason for not wanting to make a press statement with regards to the work of the South African Students Organisation (SASO). This suggests that Mazwai was one of the journalists Biko would have been prepared to talk to. Mazwai, along with Joe Tlholoe, who was his colleague at Sowetan, and both known to have been members of the PAC in the 1950s before the organisation was banned, would inevitably have come under the security police's scrutiny.  And as journalists they are known to have been sharply critical of apartheid. Mazwai wrote; "As a journalist I am part and parcel of my people and cannot turn against our aspirations simply because the going is rough... nor can I reveal in a courtroom what I am told by a source 'off the record."  After his release from jail he wrote: "I could have gone back to my normal, cosy life, but the scrutinising glares of my family, my colleagues and my community made sure I did not blunder in that direction." Mazwai  is currently a successful businessman and publisher. He also holds a number of directorships of large companies, some of which he helped establish.  Tlholoe is the Press Ombudsman. Mazwai was born on 3 October 1944 in Joha

South African musician

Musical artist

Thandiswa Nyameka Mazwai (born 31 March 1976) is a South Africanmusician, and is also the lead vocalist and songwriter of Bongo Maffin. She is also known as King Tha.

Her debut album Zabalaza (released in 2004), which attained double platinum status and her album also got nominated for Planet Awards on BBC Radio 3. Also in 2004, she won Best Female Artist at the Metro FM Music Awards.

Her second album, Ibokwe, released in 2009, was certified gold status within a few weeks after its release.

Early life

Thandiswa Mazwai was born in Eastern Cape in 1976 – the year of the Soweto Uprising – and grew up almost entirely in Soweto, Johannesburg, amidst the heavy apartheid township violence of the 1980s. Both her parents, Belede and Thami Mazwai, were journalists and anti-apartheid political activists, and she recollects that her home was filled with books, articles and thick with political discussions. It was this environment that nurtured her perspective as an artist. She went on to attend Wits University, where she studied English Literature and International Relations. Her work has always been inspired by her mother (who died when Thandiswa was 15 years old) and the writings of people such as Steve Biko and Frantz Fanon, Chinua Achebe and Kwame Nkrumah.

Family

She is a sister to Nomsa Mazwai, with whom they have a healthy sibling rivalry. She also goes by the name Thandiswa Mazwai Belede, in honour of her mother Belede, who died at the age of 34 in 1992. She is also a sister to the poet Ntsiki Mazwai, who is an author, social activist, producer, and blogger.

Career

Jack-Knife

Thandiswa was a member of Jack-Knife, with Kimon Webster and Themba Smuts. The trio was regarded as pioneers of the kwaito movement, and their songs like "Fester" and "Chommie" were club hits.

Early years a

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Thandiswa Nuameka Mazwai ke moopedi wa Aforika Borwa gape ke moopedi le mokwadi wa Bongo Mafin. O itsege gape ele King Tha. Ka porpjeke ya gagwe ya Zabalaza (2004), e e fitlheletseng platinum tse pedi gape a thopelwa mpho ya Planet mo seromamoweng sa BBC sa boraro.

Simolong sa botshelo

Thandiswa Mazwayi o hlahile 31 Hlakubele 1976 Eastern Cape selemo sa 1976 Soweto Uprising, o godile Soweto , gauteng, nakong dintwa tsa Apartheid ne ile boiema. Basadi ba gae Belede and Thami Mazwai, ne ba le mmegi a dikgang le mapolotiki. Wa gopola a gola le dibuka, mokwalo le dipuisano tsa dipolotiki ko gae. E ne e le bokapele bona bo mo fele seiponi sa gae. O ile a ya Wits University , o ila a bala English literature le International Relations. Tiro e khothatile ke mme wa ga ge (mme wa gae o ile a kgokofala a na le dilemo a leshometlhano) le mekwalo la Steve Biko le Frantz Fanon, Chinua Achebe le Kwame Nkrumah.

Tiro

Jack-Knife

Thandiswa ne ile sebini jack-Knife, la Kimon Webster mme Themba Smuts. Bararo a bone ba ledira ke mesimolodi a mmino wa kwaito, Dipina tsa "Fester" le "Chommie" ne di buwa.

Matsating a pele le Bongo Muffin

Thandiswa o ila a leka go duma ko Shell Road to Fame talent, o ila a palelwa go fihla di semi-finals round sa kompetshene. Le fa go nste o ile a lemogetswa ke seopedi le morulaganyi Don Laka. Don Laka o ile a akaretsa Thandiswa lenaneo le ga ge. Thandiswa a simolola tiro ya gae ka 1998 ka sehlhopha sa Bongo Muffin, mong wa mosimolodi wa kwaito. Thandiswa o amokgwetse jaaka leleme la South Africa's conscious youth. Mmino wa bone e tlhakantsa dibine le manstwe a gogomosa kakanyo. Ba ila ba laleteswa lefatsheng , ba ila ba diragatsa mmogo le dibine Stevie Wonder, the Marley clan, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Chaka Khan, Sean Paul, Steel Pulse