The stylish singer recently took to her Instagram account, where she shared her groundbreaking magazine cover and wrote: “My God is Lord #1stSAEntertainer2GraceTheCover of #ForbesWomanAfrica”

Nhlanhla and Mafikizolo bandmate, Theo Kgosinkwe, have taken the music world by storm since their return from a lengthy hiatus with new 2013 album Reunited.

And their success seems so much sweeter in light of the hardship they’ve endured, with the death of bandmate Tebogo Madingoan in an unfortunate roadrage shooting in 2004.

Nhlanhla also lost her five-year-old daughter Zinathi in a car accident shortly before Christmas in 2009, but she has bravely picked herself up from this devastating tragedy and risen to great height.

Exactly like Forbes Women Africa magazine describes her: “Songstress, survivor, and entrepreneur".