Thabo Konopi

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Thabo Konopi is a businessman, philanthropist and arts promotor

Also referred to as HRH Thabo Konopi

Biography

Born and raised in Meadowlands Soweto, he started out in the music business, working as a producer, DJ and mastering engineer.

Since 2004 he has been Executive Chairman and CEO of the 12 Inch Group of Companies[1], an independent record label (devoted to dance music) and prominent production company with studio facilities. The company specializes in music productions, studio recordings, mastering, digital audio editing, publishing, events production / logistics, artist development, DJ services, audio post-production and multimedia sound concepts for radio and film.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

In 2008 he founded and became chairman of the National Arts and Culture Development Foundation (2008 - )[2] to support the various arts and artists.

In 2021 he created the Soweto Arts and Culture Festival (SACF) as a community development project through the National Arts and Culture Development Foundation (www.nacdf.org.za), which curates the festival.

Sources

https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrh-thabo-konopi-275b9b18/?originalSubdomain=za

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