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Starstruck: Sho Madjozi could not believe her luck when Thomas Chauke, whom she calls a ‘human library’, agreed to work with her, a feeling she articulates in the song Shahumba. Photo: Sho Madjozi

Tsonga mixtape with love from Sho Madjozi

Sho Madjozi’s latest mixtape honours her Xitsonga roots – and Thomas Chauke approves

South African-ness is a concept beyond merely nationality or citizenship. It is a set of ideas, traditions, values and behaviours. (Oupa Nkosi/M&G)

The torment of being a ‘questionable’ South African

25 years into our democracy, South Africans are using similar tests on Africans.

Versatile: In her debut album, Sho Madjozi showcases her genre and linguistic range. Photo: Supplied

Madjozi a village girl for real?

The singer has brought Xitsonga pop to the fore, but she draws from a long line of celebrated artists

Sho Madjozi may be the first millennial rapping in Xitsonga, but others came before her

Sho Madjozi’s musical lineage is larger than large

"Sho Madjozi is alive to the marginal condition of Venda and Shangaan languages in the Zulu-Xhosa-dominated Afro-pop culture in Mzansi."

(Mauro Vombe/AFP)

In Mozambique, classes come alive in local languages

Almost all teaching in Mozambique is in Portuguese but the majority of Mozambicans speak one of more than 40 local languages

Xitsonga is one of South Africa’s 12 Languages. Photo: File

Xitsonga: How can a marginalised language thrive?

It feels like Xitsonga is under a double-pronged attack: It is marginalised even though it is recognised as an official language in our Constitution.

Concourt: Xsitsonga men must get permission for additional marriages

The Constitutional Court has ruled that if a man wants to take more wives under Xitsonga custom, he must first get consent from his existing wife.