Background
Chauke was born in Salema(Saselamani) Village in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.
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Thomas Chauke
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He left school at primary level He left Saselamani to work at a flower firm in Heidelberg, Gauteng, in 1969.He then moved to Alexandra in 1971, where he fixed swimming pools and tennis courts in neighbouring Sandton. Chauke traveled back home in 1978 and fixed radio sets.
He was already married with a child.
He started his band with 13 singers from a shebeen in the late 1970s. After a few months, only five remained.
They performed at school halls to raise money to go to Johannesburg and realize the recording dream. Chauke signed a contract to record with GRC. Under GRC, the music was branded Nyoresh.
He moved to Wea Records, where he got a better deal and changed his music brand from Nyoresh to Shimatsatsa ("a beautiful girl").
In 1981, he recorded his first album called Shimatsatsa northern Now he hands out awards yearly in the category: Doctor Thomas Chauke"s Artist of the Year for Munghana Lonene Fm 3 – Bomber Mhlengwe 20 – Magidi – Mbirhi.
Achievements
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Honorary Doctor of Philosophy degree, African languages University of Venda South African Music Awards (Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency) won 12 awards Munghana-Lonene FM Awards won more than 10 awards Munghana-Lonene FM Awards Special Award MTN Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency 19 Lifetime Achievement Award 2013 In 2014, Munghana Lonene FM instroduced new award cartegory, Doctor Thomas Chauke Album of the year.
