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Mandoza (Mduduzi Edmund Tshabalala, January 19, 1978 – September 18, 2016) was a South African kwaito musician. Early life. Mandoza was born in the Zola South section of Soweto, where he shared a house with his parents, his grandparents and two sisters. When he was sixteen years old he was charged with stealing a car and received a one-and-a-half year sentence, which he served in Diepkloof prison. When he was released from prison, Mandoza formed the group Chiskop along with three childhood friends, S’bu, Siphiwe and Siszwe. Musical career. The group signed its first record contract eight years after its...