Colbert Mukwevho

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Colbert Mukwevho was born in Venda region in Limpopo Province- South Africa. The diversely talented music artists playing their trade in the local music industry make the country a most appealing cultural hub. While there are a great many music sounds and genres indigenous to South Africa, international influence is prominent. This certainly cannot be viewed as a downfall when you have artists like the reggae-inspired Colbert Mukwevho, whose singing and compositions are inspired by that legendary Jamaican, Bob Marley. Mukwevho has been a musician for close to three decades, initially working as a bassist and backing singer with Chicco Twala We aim to promote TVEP and our album . He also did a duet, Hero's Party, with Brenda Fassie in the mid-eighties, which appeared on her album Black President. Mukwevho, who hails from Limpopo, has frequently had his voice mistaken for Marley's. (It is rumoured that Rita Marley invited Mukwevho to visit Jamaica in honour of the reggae king.) Mukwevho has aligned his latest album release with a campaign that highlights the overwhelming number of sexual abuse cases in Thohoyandou, where he resides. The full length album, titled Mulovha, Namusi na Matshelo, is sung almost entirely in his mother-tongue Tshivenda. It is an inspired collection of tunes. TVEP Song highlights the rampant sexual abuse in local society. TVEP is an acronym for Thohoyandou Victim Empowerment Trust . The organisation provides support for the victims of sexu

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