{"id":1627,"date":"2021-07-16T08:32:04","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T06:32:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/?p=1627"},"modified":"2021-08-09T18:16:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-09T16:16:39","slug":"tshepo-tshola","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentroom.co.za\/wiki\/tshepo-tshola\/","title":{"rendered":"Tsepo Tshola"},"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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Tsepo Tshola <\/span><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Occupation:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Singer-songwriter<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Date of Birth
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18 August 1954 (age [age]195408018[\/age] years)
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Died
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15 July 2021 (aged 67)
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Place of Birth<\/b><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n
Teyateyaneng, Lesotho<\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Nationality:<\/strong>
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South African<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Gender:<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Male<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Children (Sons<\/span>):<\/b><\/div>\n<\/td>\n
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Kamo and Katlego Tshola
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Tshepo Tshola was the Lesotho-born South African legendary singer-songwriter best known for songs such as Holokile and Shine Your Light amongst many others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who Was Tsepo Tshola?<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Tshepo Tshola<\/strong> (born 18 August 1954, Teyateyaneng, Lesotho, South Africa), he was staying in Johannesburg, Gauteng.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tsepo Tshola family<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Tshepo Tshola grew up in a musical family with both his parents involved in choirs and they were both in the ministry \u2013 his father was a preacher and his mom a prayer woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He has two sons, Kamogelo and Katlego, who are both singers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tshepo’s wife died 28 years ago and he never marry again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tsepo Tshola Career<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Tshepo Tshola has been in the industry for more than 45 years, ever since he joined teen boy band The Lesotho Blue Diamonds as a vocalist in 1970. He then join the group called The Anti-Antics and later Uhuru and Sankomota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With Sankomota they relocated to London from 1985 to 1989.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tsepo Tshola cause of death<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Tshepo Tshola died from COVID-19 complications on 15 July 2021 in Lesotho. He was 67 years old.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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