Thomas Chauke

**Thomas Hasani "Shinyori" Chauke** (4 Nyenyenyani 1952) i nqambhi na muhumelerisi wa vunanga wa le Afrika Dzonga.  Chauke urhwexiwe vu dokodela eka tindzimi ta Afrika, hikwalaho ka leswi a hoxeke xandla eku akeni ririmi ra Xitsonga hi vunanga byakwe .

## Ta vutomi byakwe
Chauke u tswariwe e mugangeni wa Salema ( e Saselamani ) lowu kumekaka e xifundzheni xa Limpopo, e Afrika Dzonga. U sukele xikolo ahari a phurayimari, leswaku a ya sungula ntirho e femeni yo gaya mapa, edorobheni ra Heidelberg, e xifundzheni xa Gauteng, hi lembe ra 1969. Kusika kona u rhurhele e Alexandra hi lembe ra 1971, laha a tirheke ku hlayisa tindzhawu to hlambela na swirhapa swo tlanga thenisi, e dorobheni ra Sandton. Uhlanganile na malume wakwe loyi a a ri muchayi wa katara ya vunanga bya xitsonga, loyi a n'wi dyondiseke ku chaya. Endzhaku ka malembe mangari mangani, Chauke u thlelele e kaya laha a sunguleke ku ti hanyisa hi ku lunghisa swiya-nimoya, hi lembe ra 1978. Chauke anase a catile naswona arina n'wana.

## Ntirho wa vunanga
Chauke started his band with 13 singers from a shebeen in the late 1970s . After a few months, only five remained. They performed at school halls to raise money to go to Johannesburg and realize the recording dream. Chauke signed a contract to record with GRC. Under GRC, the music was branded Nyoresh. He moved to Wea Records, where he got a better deal and changed his music brand from Nyoresh to Shimatsatsa ("a beautiful girl"). In 1981, he recorded his first album called Shimatsatsa no. 1 under the burner name Thomas Chauke and Shinyori Sisters. Now he hands out awards yearly in the category: Dr. Thomas Chauke's Artist of the Year for Munghana Lonene Fm.

Chauke u sungule ntlawa wa yena ni vayimbeleri va 13 lava humaka eka Shebeen eku heleni ka malembe ya va 1970. Endzhaku ka tin'hweti ti nga ri tingani, ku lo sala ntlhanu ntsena. Va yimbelela etiholweni ta xikolo ku hlengeleta mali yo ya eGoli ku ya hetisisa norho wa ku rhekhoda. Chauke u sayine ntwanano wo rhekhoda na GRC. Ehansi ka GRC, vuyimbeleri a byi vitaniwa Nyoresh. U rhurhele eka Wea Records, laha a kumeke bindzu ro antswa kutani a cinca vito ra yena ra vuyimbeleri ku suka eka Nyoresh ku ya eka Shimatsatsa ("nhwanyana wo saseka"). Hi 1981 u rhekhodile alibamu yakwe yo sungula leyi vuriwaka Shimatsatsa no. 1 ehansi ka vito ra Thomas Chauke and Shinyori Sisters. Sweswi u nyikawa masagwadi ya lembe na lembe eka xiyenge lexi: Dr. Thomas Chauke  Artist of the Year eka Munghana Lonene Fm. Eka ntirho wa yena, Chauke u kume  yin'we ya dayimani, disiki yin'wana ya nsuku, ti disiki ta tsevu ta pilatinamu, khume n'we  wa ti diski timbirhi ta platinum na kaye wa ti disiki tinharhu ta pilatinamu.

## Masagwati na ku thlomiwa tinsiva

* Dokodela wa Filosofi, eka tindzimi ta Afrika, - Yunivhesithi ya Vhenda
* South African Music Awards (SAMA) - Uhluriwe no nyikiwa 13 wa masagwati.
* Munghana-Lonene FM Awards - Uhluriwe no nyikiwa 10 wa masagwati.
* Munghana-Lonene FM Awards - Sagwati rohlawuleka.
* MTN SAMA 19 Lifetime Achievement - Sagwati ra 2013
* Hi lembe ra 2014, xitichi xa Munghana Lonene FM xi sungule ntlawa wa masagwati lowu tchyiweke, Dr Thomas Chauke Album of the year 

## Vunanga byakwe
Chauke una kwalomu ka malembe ya kutlula 34 ari karhi aqambha, a hlela no yimbelela vunanga bya Xitsonga, naswona humese ti Albhamu leti landzelaka. 

* Shimatsatsa No. 1- *Nyoresh*
* Shimatsatsa No. 2 – *Don't Be Surprised*
* Shimatsatsa No.3 – *Bomber Mhlengwe*
* Shimatsatsa No. 4 - *Shimatsatsa xa mina*
* Shimatsatsa No. 5 – *Shikwamula Mazingi*
* Shimatsatsa No. 6 – *Xibamuxa Movha*
* Shimatsatsa No. 7 – *Suka Lovha*
* Shimatsatsa No. 8 – *Ma jamble Sale*
* Shimatsatsa No. 9 – *Humelela  M.K*
* Shimatsatsa No. 10 – *Jim Na Jack*
* Shimatsatsa No. 11 – *Hi Hanya kuvava*
* Shimatsatsa No. 12 – *Buku Yi Hibyerile*
* Shimatsatsa No. 13 – *Xifumi Na Lazaro*
* Shimatsatsa No. 14 – *Suka Davulos*
* Shimatsatsa No. 15 – *Kokwani Wa Wun'Wana*
* Shimatsatsa No. 16 – *Sodoma Na Gomora*
* Shimatsatsa No. 17 – *Bangi situlu*
* Shimatsatsa No. 18 – *Mati-Endla* (SAMA 1999-W)
* Shimatsatsa No. 19 - *I Mutshiveri Muni?* (SAMA 2000-W)

* Shimatsatsa No.20 – *Magidi – Mbirhi* (SAMA 2001-W)
* Shimatshana No. 21 – *Mpfende Mpfende* (SAMA 2002-W)
* Shimatsatsa No. 22 – *Mugawula*
* Shimatsatsa No. 23 – *Shimovhana*
* Shimatsatsa No. 24 – *Madzolonga*
* Shimatsatsa No. 25 – *Xidudla Kedibone*
* The Best Of Thomas Chauke – *Volume 1*
* The Best Of Thomas Chauke Na Shinyori Sisters – *Volume 2*
* Shimatsatsa No. 26 – *Mavholovholo*
* Shimatsatsa No. 27 – *Rejina*
* Shimatsatsa No. 28 – *Swelemetee*
* Shimatsatas No. 29 – *Xihloka Xa Maseve* (SAMA 2010–Nom)
* Shimatsatsa No. 30 - *Jehovha* (SAMA 2011-W)
* Shimatsatsa No. 31 – *Dokodela* (SAMA 2013-W)
* Shimatsatsa No. 32 - *Virus-Computer ya nhloko* (SAMA 2014 -W)
* Shimatsatsa No. 33 - *Basopa*
* Shimatsatsa No. 34 - *Xiganga* (SAMA 2017-W)
* Shimatsatsa No. 35 - *Majagani*

## Mintshaho