Sipho Mabuse

Sipho " Hotstix " Mabuse ( born November 2, 1951 in Soweto, South Africa) is a South African musician (drums, vocals). He became known in the late 1980s through his hit Jive Soweto.

Life and work

Mabuse learned from the age of eight drums. In 1967, he left school without qualifications and launched the mid-1970s his career as a jazz drummer in Pat Matshikiza and Kippie Moeketsi before he played in the African soul group The Beaters. After a successful tour in Zimbabwe was changed in 1976 the band name in Harari and returned home to South Africa. There, the band played a mix of funk, soul and pop music. The lyrics were written in Zulu, Sotho and English. In 1985, he launched a solo career in 1988 he played at Nelson Mandela's 70th birthday at Wembley Stadium.

Mabuse was also involved in productions of Miriam Makeba, Ray Phiri, Sibongile Khumalo and Hugh Masekela. He served since the 1990s as manager of the jazz clubs Kippies in the Market Theatre in Johannesburg, he was forced to close in 2005. He also belongs to the supervisory boards of the South African National Arts Council and the collecting society South African Musicians Rights Organisation. In 2012 he took his degree after graduating from high school with.

The British singer Mpho is Mabuse's daughter.

Discography (selection)

Lexigraphic entries

• Schade Berg, Don Albert: Jazz, Blues and Swing: Six Decades of Music in South Africa. 2007, ISBN 978-0-86486-705-6