Birth name Kabelo Mabalane Labels Faith Records Education St Stithians College Years active 1996–present Spouse Gail Nkoane (m. 2013) | Role Musician Name Kabelo Mabalane | |
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Born 15 December 1976 (age 47) ( 1976-12-15 ) Albums Immortal Vol.2, Kabelo, The Bouga Luv Album, Alquimia Musical, Immortal, Vol. 3 Similar People Danny K, Gail Nkoane, Tokollo Tshabalala, Khuli Chana, Zwai Bala Profiles | ||
Kabelo mabalane speaks about his new book i ran for my life
Kabelo Mabalane (born 15 December 1976) known by his stage name as Kabelo or Bouga Luv is a South African kwaito musician, songwriter and actor. He was a member of the kwaito trio TKZee. He has opened shows for world famous musicians such as Jay-Z, 50 Cent, Ja Rule and Rihanna Kabelo co-owns Faith Records, a South African independent music company. He has also been a judge on SA's Got Talent for the past two seasons.
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- Kabelo mabalane speaks about his new book i ran for my life
- Kabelo mabalane musician behind the scenes of our christmas recipe shoot
- Music career
- Personal life
- Solo albums
- Albums with TKZee
- References
Kabelo mabalane musician behind the scenes of our christmas recipe shoot
Music career
Kabelo Mabalane won the 2004 Kora Award for Best Southern Africa Male Artist. Mabalane has also run the Comrades Marathon on three occasions from 2006 to 2008. In 2008 he finished just under the 10-hour mark. He also featured on the August 2008 cover of Runner's World magazine.
In 2005, Kabelo signed a deal with Reebok to produce a sneaker called, Bouga Luv.
Along with his TKZEE bandmates (Tokollo Tshabalala and Zwai Bala) Kabelo performed at 2010 Fifa World Cup Opening Ceremony.
Throughout high school, Kabelo was very active in sports. In 2005 he started to prepare for the Comrades Marathon, a 93 km race. Since 2006, to date, Kabelo has entered and completed five of the races. In 2008 the South African Sports Confederation Olympics Committee (SASCOC) chose Kabelo to be an Olympic Ambassador.
In April 2010 Kabelo was named as the presenter of a new multi-sport and lifestyle talk-show on South Africa's SABC2 channel that airs on Fridays at 21:30.
At the 30th SAB Sports Journalist of the Year Awards, on 6 September 2010, Kabelo was rewarded with two awards, in Best Newcomer Overall and Best Newcomer Television Presenter.
Personal life
Kabelo married South African actress, Gail Nkoane, in a private ceremony on February 09, 2013. The couple's daughter, Zoe Leano Mabalane was born on March 28, 2015. Kabelo and Gail Mabalane are expecting their second child.The South Africa Actress his wife Gail Announced the news with a beautiful and proffessional photo By Jo Spies in which she wears all black and shoes of her beautiful baby bamp.The caption underneath the photo read as followed : God's timing is PERFECT.He knows exactly what we need it,when we need it ,how we need it,why need it #TrusthisTiming. Blessed to be expecting baby #2 .The talented two were some already have one child together Zoe Leano Mabalane.