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Towards 10,000 POL featuring Ms. Alisha Smith & DJ Tira

Walter Winchell

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Ms. Alisha Smith, an inductee of the BOAF – 10,000 Points of Light Hall of Fame met with DJ Tira, a Point of Light (POL) in his own right, met yesterday in Sandton, Johannesburg.

Who is DJ Tira?

Mr. Mthokozisi Khathi was born on August 24, 1976, in Hlabisa, KZN, South Africa, and he relocated to Durban at the age of 3.

He is professionally known by his stage nameDJ Tira.

He is a South African DJrecord producer and Kwaito artist.

He is also part of the collective that discovered the Gqom music genre.

His musical career began at the age of 20 in 1996, while attending the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and signed a record deal and released the compilation album Real Makoya in 2001.

Khathi rose to fame after he won the Smirnoff SA DJ Knockout competition in 2000.

Aside from his solo career, he is also known as a member South African musical group Durban’s Finest.

Tira signed a record deal with Kalawa Jazmee in 2005 and he established his own record label Afrotaiment in 2007, his debut album Ezase Afro Vol:1 (2008), was a commercial success.

Tira’s fourth album 21 Years Of DJ Tira (2020), was certified platinum by the Recording Industry of South Africa (RiSA). 

The album includes chart-topping singles “Nguwe” and “Uyandazi”.[6][7] His fifth studio album Rockstar Forever (2021), debuted number 1 on iTunes chart. Khathi made his on-screen debut appearing as a guest judge on the television talent shows 1’s and 2’s (2021).

Ms. Smith is an Ambassador for the BOAF-10,000POL initiative that seeks to build a diverse bank whose currency is the people deposited in it.

Why BOAF? Ms. Alisha said: “BOAF is a community-building initiative and the people I know are my bank.

As a member of the 1873 Network, we believe that individuals like DJ Tira are the drivers of change and by adding his name to the bank of 10,000 persons, it is self-evident that his brand equity will have a wider reach and in so doing help inspire, ignite and provoke conversations that are necessary to best deliver the promise of life.

My commitment and call to action are to deposit people whose lives inspire others to scale the heights of the possibilities that remain untapped if we think and act in silos.”

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