Since then, she has shared the stage with people such as Bono, Angélique Kidjo, Annie Lennox, Youssou N'Dour, the crossover group Appassionante, the classic rock band Queen and South Africans Johnny Clegg, Miriam Makeba and Hugh Masekela.

She was chosen by Nelson Mandela as the first ambassador for his children's fund, and has also established her own charity, the Princess of Africa Foundation, using the name first given to her in Uganda.

Its track listing was "Sangoma", "Come a Little Bit Closer", "Private Lover", "Save Me", "Stimela" and "I'm Gonna Stop Loving You".

Releasing hit after hit, Chaka Chaka's subsequent award-winning albums include Burning Up, Sangoma, Who's the Boss, Motherland, Be Proud to be African, Thank You Mr. DJ, Back on My Feet, Rhythm of Life, Who's Got the Power, Bombani (Tiko Rahini), Power of Afrika, Yvonne and Friends and Kwenzenjani.

"Madiba", as he is affectionately known, recounted that it was Yvonne's music that helped sustain him and others while confined as prisoners on Robben Island.

Your generosity has benefited untold numbers of families and orphans facing the challenges of AIDS, terminal illness, abuse, poverty and illiteracy.

[4] She has a degree and diploma from the University of South Africa, one in adult education, and another in local government, management and administration.

She became the face of First National Bank (FNB) in 2001 and in 2006, she founded her own charity called The Princess of Africa Foundation.

Recently, the launch of her documentary film, A Motherland Tour – A Journey of African Women, filmed over five years of travels around Africa, took her on a world tour to promote the grassroots successes of those engaged in the battle against HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria, supported by the Global Fund.

[7] In 2015 she signed an open letter which the ONE Campaign had been collecting signatures for; the letter was addressed to Angela Merkel and Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, urging them to focus on women as they serve as the head of the G7 in Germany and the AU in South Africa respectively, which will start to set the priorities in development funding before a main UN summit in September 2015 that will establish new development goals for the generation.

[8] She is part of the Ashinaga Kenjin-Tatsujin International Advisory Council,[9] supporting orphaned students across Africa to access quality tertiary education.