UThembi Mtshali-Jones (owazalwa 7 November 1949), umlingisi waseNingizimu Afrika.Uthathwa njengomunye wabaculi abadume kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika, uThembi uphawuleka ngokulingisa emidlalweni eminingi kamabonakude ethandwayo okubalwa kuyo uSgudi 'Snaysi, Stokvel, Silent Witness nethi Imbewu.Ngaphandle kokulingisa, ubuye abe ngumculi odumile, umbhali wemidlalo yeshashalazi kanye ne-Associate Teaching Artist eGlobal Arts Corps eKosovo kanjalo nomqeqeshi eCambodia. Wazalwa ngomhlaka 7 Novemba 1949 eSabhoza, isigodi esiseduze noLundi, eThekwini, eNingizimu Afrika .Abazali bakhe bahlukanisa ngemuva nje kokuzalwa kwakhe.Kamuva wakhulela elokishini laKwaMashu lapho aqedela khona izifundo zakhe.Ngezikhathi zesikole, wakhulelwa ngakho-ke waphoqeleka ukuba ashiye isikole. Ngo-1998, waba nokuhlala eGallaudet University eWashington DC, e-USA kwathi kamuva waba se- University of Louisville, e-USA ngo-2004. Nge umnikelo emkhakheni wezobuciko, yena wenziwe Honorary Citizen of Louisville yiMeya futhi wathola emavi ekubonga yi Kentucky iSigele . Kamuva uMbusi waseKentucky wamnika isihloko esithi Honorary Kentucky Colonel, udumo oluphakeme eKentucky. Unendodakazi eyodwa, uPhumzile wasemshadweni wakhe wokuqala owagcina ngesehlukaniso. Kamuva, wayeshade no-Emrys Jones, owayemncane ngeminyaka eyishumi kunoThembi.