She is a goodwill ambassador for Southern Africa Embrace Foundation, Toronto and Great Impact, Durban.

Thenjiwe was born on 29 September 1977 in the apartheid era[1] to teenage parents, Thenene Sipho Langa and Nonhlanhla Viera Maphumulo.

Because of the political unrest in the country and her grandfather's involvement in the struggle, Thenjiwe frequently changed from one school to another.

[2] In 2013, she competed in the Funny Woman Awards in the United Kingdom, and the exposure made comedian Celeste Ntuli notice and invited her to be the opening act for her one-woman show, Myself.

[10] In 2016, together with Celeste Ntuli, Tumi Morake, Noko Moswete, Nina Hastie and Tracey-Lee Oliver, she performed in an all-women cast comedy show Bitches Be Back.

[12] In August, she headlined a show in Eswatini dubbed Laugh Goes On[13] and in December, she performed at the 4th Annual Durban Comedy Festival in South Africa.

[14][15] In May 2019, Thenjiwe, Mark Banks, Alfred Adriaan and Eugene Khozawas were part of the South African All Star Tour in Sydney and Perth, Australia.

[9] In the same year, she acted in two Nollywood movies; 10 Days in Sun City in June[25] and The Accidental Spy in December.

[5] Thenjiwe is a Goodwill ambassador for Southern Africa Embrace Foundation, Toronto and Great Impact, Durban.