Oleseng shuping biography definition

South African gospel singer

Oleseng Shadrack Shuping (27 December 1963 – 12 July 2010) also known as Mandlebe & Mzambia was a South African gospel singer.

At the time of his death, Drum magazine described him as "one of the most loved gospel stars in Mzansi."^[1] The City Press described him as "a giant of the South African traditional gospel genre".^[2] His singing career, was nothing short of a miracle, given that he grew up with a dental anomaly, a condition referred to as malocclusion, which is a misalignment or incorrect relation between the teeth of the upper and lower dental arches when they approach each other as the jaws close.

Thus preventing him to talk as normal, let alone sing.

During his early childhood, he was at some point, taken to the popular Zion Christian Church (Z.C.C), a large Christian movement, under the leadership of His Grace The Great Reverend Edward Lekganyane where the teeth condition is said to have