Sipho Mabuse | |
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| Birth name | Sipho Cecil Peter Mabuse |
| Also known as | Hotstix |
| Born | 2 November 1951 Soweto, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Genres | Afro pop |
| Years active | 1970–present |
| Website | hotstixmabuse |
| Children | Mpho Skeef (daughter) |
| Awards | Order of Ikhamanga (Silver) |
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", which in the early 1980s sold more than 500,000 copies, and the giant (Disco Shangaan) hit of the late 1980s, "Jive Soweto".
His daughter is the singer Mpho Skeef.[2]
Mabuse returned to school at the age of 60,[2] completing his matric (grade 12) in 2012 at Peter Lengene Community Learning Centre.[3] 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]