South African star goes back to school at 60 | Yahoo! News

On Saturday nights, 60-year-old Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse is on stage, thrilling South African audiences with hits from his more than four decades in music. But on week nights, the massively popular music maker is in a classroom near his Soweto home, working to earn the high school degree he abandoned in 1969 as his music…

Making music with a legend | The New Age Online

How did  Hotstix get involved? My manager contacted him to chat about a collaboration. He was very open to the suggestion and we met him at a restaurant in Newtown. At that stage, we didn’t know how he would want to be involved, so we just went with the flow. I remember playing him a…

Sipho Hotstix: celebrity pupil | News Update

SIPHO “Hotstix” Mabuse, at 60, became a mischievous schoolboy for just a moment last week. Driving to school, a block from the gate, he opened the window, put his arm out, and shouted “Hey!” to a group of 20-somethings. With a big grin, he gesticulated to his watch, implying that they were going to be…

NEWS RELEASE: Jacques collaborates with Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse on new single

Local singer Jacques Terre’Blanche has collaborated with music legend Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse on his new single ‘Goodnight Moon’. The song, written by Will Kimbrook and Gwil Owen, features Mabuse on saxophone and is produced by former Mean Mr Mustard front-man Mark Beling. The melodic ballad contains elements of electronic production layered with acoustic guitar and…