TIMELESS MAGAZINE Issue 02
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Welcome to TIMELESS MAG, we speaks to an ever-inflating audience of diverse, young creative South Africans. If you have to put the our audience in a box and profile them, you'd find a racially diverse group of ingenious, intelligent South African males & females, aged anywhere
between 18 and 50, residing in Urban & Rural areas with access to internet via cell phones, desktops & laptops; and hungry for fresh, unrestricted perspectives on the South African experience.
Our aim is to produce the most relevant South African culture mag that interrogates, reflects and represents Southern Africa cultures, influential individuals, music and reality . We talk credibly with an influential, discerning, creative & racially-integrated segment - majority of young South Africans.
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TI M ELES S MAG ISSUE <strong>02</strong> OCTOBER 2017<br />
<strong>TIMELESS</strong> MAG<br />
THE MOST CELEBRATED XITSONGA TRADITIONAL ARTIST OF ALL TIMES<br />
DrChauke was granted an Honorary<br />
EARLY LIFE<br />
Thomas Hasani "Shinyori" Chauke,<br />
born in February 1952. Dr Thomas<br />
Doctorate in African Languages for the role<br />
his music has played in the development of<br />
the Xitsonga Language.<br />
Dr Thomas Chauke was born in Salema<br />
(Saselamani) Village under Malamulele in<br />
Limpopo Province - South Africa. He dropped<br />
out of school at primary level to work at a<br />
flower firm in Heidelberg in 1969. He then<br />
moved to Alexandra in 1971 where he fixed<br />
swimming pools and tennis courts in neighbouring<br />
Sandton. While there, he met his<br />
uncle, who was into Mbaqanga music and<br />
played the Tsonga guitor, which he taught Dr<br />
Thomas Chauke how to play. Dr Thomas<br />
Chauke travelled back home in 1978 and<br />
started fixing radio sets. By then, he was<br />
already married with a child.<br />
MUSIC CAREER<br />
Dr Thomas Chauke started his band with 13<br />
singers in the late 70s. After a few months,<br />
only five of the band members remained.<br />
They performed at school halls to raise<br />
money to go to Johannesburg & realize their<br />
recording dream. Dr Thomas Chauke signed<br />
a contract with Gallo Records. Under the company,<br />
the music was branded as Nyoresh.<br />
He then moved to Wea Records, where he<br />
got a better deal & changed his music brand<br />
from "Nyoresh" to "Shimatsatsa". In 1981, he<br />
recorded his first album called Shimatsatsa<br />
No. 1 under the burner name Thomas<br />
Chauke & Shinyori Sisters. Now he hands<br />
out awards yearly in the category: Dr Thomas<br />
Chauke 's Artist of the year for MLFM<br />
Xitsonga Music Awards.<br />
BOTTOM LINE<br />
By Godlive Masinge - Image sourced online<br />
AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS<br />
# Honorary Doctor of Philosophy Degree,<br />
African Languages University of Venda<br />
# South African Music Awards (SAMA) won<br />
more than 12 awards<br />
# Munghana Lonene FM Awards won more<br />
than 10 awards<br />
# Munghana Lonene FM Awards Special<br />
Award<br />
# MTN SAMA 19 Lifetime Achievement<br />
Award 2013<br />
In 2014, Munghana Lonene FM introduced<br />
new award category, Dr Thomas Chauke<br />
Artist of the year. With a career spanning<br />
over 34 years, he has released over 34<br />
studio albums which have reached Gold,<br />
Platinum or Double Platinum over the<br />
years.<br />
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