Hilda Semola Tloubatla | |
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Birth name | Hilda Semola Tloubatla |
Born | 1942 South Africa |
Genres | Mbaqanga, mgqashiyo |
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Hilda Semola Tloubatla (born 1942) is a South African mbaqanga singer, and the lead singer of the acclaimed group the Mahotella Queens. Tloubatla was born in Payneville, South Africa before moving to kwaThema township in 1951 as a result of (what was) the apartheid government's 'Group Areas Act' in the country.[1]