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Samkele Sokhela (born Samkele Codessa Sokhela) is an award-winnng journalist and songwriter, hip hop artist and producer from South Africa, Durban, Kwa-Zulu Natal.

He currently holds a National Diploma in Journalism, which he was conferred by the Durban University of Technology in the year 2017.

Raised by a single mother and former domestic worker in the dark dusty streets of Mariannhill, Dassenhoek, Sokhela is one of the few individuals that has managed to obtain a qualification from higher education institution and graduate, from his town.

Subsequent his graduation in 2017, he has got the shot to work in the industry of his profession in an online newspaper publication called Journalismlziko as Multimedia Section Editor, which is a publication owned by his almer Mata the Durban University of Technology. Following a six month period with DUT, Sokhela went on to work for the University of Zululand, another higher education institution located in Empangeni, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa as a Multimedia Journalist for two years and seven months.

A few months to his position at the University of Zululand, Sokhela won a Best Produced Video 'Student Registration Video'in the Bronze category in the 2018 Marketing, Advancement & Communication in Education (MACE) Excellence Awards.

The following year in 2019, he grabbed and added another two awards to his resume for Best Photographer 'Ignition Key for Rural Communities': Bronze category and Best Video 'Grad On The Spot'in Media Skills category.

As a musician, He has a released a couple of records and one mixtape. He has performed and shared a stage with the likes of well-known South African local musicians such as the likes of DJ Bongs, AKA, Black Coffee and and many more artists.

He has received invitations from radio stations such as Izwi LoMzansi and Inanda FM.