An old clip of Mmusi Maimane performing on stage as a kwaito artist has gone viral.
In it, the politician, ordained minister, and now PhD graduate rapped and bopped to his catchy song, Mjita wako kasi.
Maimane – who went by his stage name Aloysia, his middle name – wrote his PhD dissertation, an autoethnography, about his journey from Soweto to Johannesburg government leadership.
THROWBACK: MMUSI MAIMANE WAS ONCE A KWAITO ARTIST!
On the X app, user @Sentletse posted a clip of Mmusi Maimane’s stint as a music artist.
“Did you all know that Dr Maimane (Mjita wako kasi) was an aspiring kwaito star?”, the popular account posted.
In the clip, the 45-year-old performed his song on a SABC 1 dance show.
Sporting a gold chain, a floppy hat, and a toothpick in his mouth, Maimane hopped and bopped alongside his group of dancers.
Responding to the clip, Mmusi jokingly posted: “I was moving, cooking, and good-looking.
“I think I need to do a remix with Booga Luv for this December”.
Mmusi Maimane has since ditched his forest of superstardom as an entertainer to take up politics instead.
After resigning as leader of the Democratic Alliance in 2019, Mmusi founded the civic organisation One South Africa Movement the following year. In 2022, he established his own political party, Build One South Africa (BOSA).
A PREACHER TOO!
Apart from politics – and music – Mmusi Maimaine is also an ordained minister and an elder at the Liberty Church in Johannesburg.
The father of three – who has a masters in theology – also regularly preaches at churches around South Africa and around the world.
He said of his choice of career: “Politics is about two things: it’s about government and it’s about influence…the only way they (Christians) will become in charge of the nation is if the nation votes for them.
SHOULD MMUSI MAIMANE HAVE PURSUED A CAREER IN MUSIC?
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