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Acclaimed singer PJ Powers began her solo career in the late 1970's. In 1988 she was banned for a year along with Miriam Makeba and Harry Belafonte from radio and television by the apartheid government for her performance at a charity concert in Zimbabwe. She was encouraged to continue singing by Nelson Mandela, who sent her a letter whilst he was in prison. Her music of the 1980's gained her popularity with black South Africans who gave her the nickname, "Thandeka" - "the loved one. On a recent trip to the UK she told Focus on Africa's Veronique Edwards why she became involved in the anti apartheid struggle. Image: PJ Powers Credit: PJ Powers