{"id":1607,"date":"2021-07-09T13:42:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-09T11:42:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/?p=1607"},"modified":"2021-07-12T20:21:48","modified_gmt":"2021-07-12T18:21:48","slug":"steve-kekana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/steve-kekana\/","title":{"rendered":"Steve Kekana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
QUICK FACTS<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Birth Name:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Tebogo Steve Kekana<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Occupation:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Singer-songwriter and Advocate<\/em><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Date of Birth
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04 August 1958 (age [age]19580804[\/age] years)
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Died
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01 July 2021 (aged 62)
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Place of Birth<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Zebediela, Limpopo
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Nationality:<\/strong>
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South African<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Male<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Ntsiki Kekana<\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n\n\n

Steve Kekana was the South African legendary singer-songwriter and advocate<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Was Steve Kekana?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Steve Kekana<\/strong>, full name Tebogo Steve Kekana (born 04 August 1958, Zebediela, Limpopo, South Africa), was singer-songwriter best known for his hit song titled Take your Love<\/em> and Keep<\/em> It featuring Nana Coyote<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He lost his sight at the age of five, and attended a school for the blind in Pietersburg. During his school years, he developed a love for singing, and became a member of amateur groups during the teenage years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Kekana education<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Steve Kekana was a university graduate with B Juris and LLB degrees. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Steve Kekana Career<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Steve Kekana was an Advocate and a lecturer in Labour Law at the University of South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In 1979 and 1980, Kekana won what was then known as the SABC Black Music Award for best male vocalist. Kekana’s Raising My Family<\/em> was a big hit in Europe in 1980. In total, Kekana had recorded more than forty albums. <\/sup>His songs “The Bushman” and “Feel So Strong” (featuring Hotline) were hits on the Springbok Radio Chart (the semi-official South African chart of the time) reaching number 13 and number 6 in 1982 and 1983 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He worked with the likes of Ray Phiri, Nana Coyote, Joe Nina and Hotline featuring PJ Thandeka<\/em> Powers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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QUICK FACTS Birth Name: Tebogo Steve Kekana Occupation: Singer-songwriter and Advocate Date of Birth 04 August 1958 (age [age]19580804[\/age] years) Died 01 July 2021 (aged 62) Place of Birth Zebediela, Limpopo Nationality: South African Gender: Male Wife: Ntsiki Kekana Steve Kekana was the South African legendary singer-songwriter and advocate. Who Was Steve Kekana? Steve Kekana, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1608,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[249],"class_list":["post-1607","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-steve-kekana"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":6}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1607"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1615,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1607\/revisions\/1615"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1608"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1607"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1607"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1607"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}