Candy Tsa Mandebele Mokwena (born June 19, 1970) is a South African singer, songwriter, actress.
Born and raised in Limpopo, she began singing in her mother's community traditional group, Sekgapa, at the age of 14.
[4] Candy launched her professional music career in 1993 as songwriter on Peter Teanet's double multi-platinum album, "Nwa'yingwani".
[8] Throughout the years, Mandebele performed guest verses on several song, including "Nkatanga" by Selaelo Selota and Malatji, "Boloba Thaba" with Revolution, DJ Lucky, Lacosta's "Diteki" and "Khoma jive", Uhuru's "Nkirikiri", Dr Malinga's "Moshito" and Black Motion's "Maghoro".
[9][10] In 2018, under her own label, Mandebele released "Nathinga" a single from her Hupenyu Unenge Viri (2018) album through Universal Music South Africa.
[12] On March 19, 2019, Mandebele starred in South Africa's first Xitsonga telenovela drama series Giyani: Land of Blood[13] on SABC 2, which tells the story about two families locked in a bitter, decades-long squabble over a banana plantation which was recently given to the people of Risinga.