Welcome to dozi.co.za "The Official Dozi website", giving you an insight into the extremely successful career of the South African artist we have grown to love. Dozi's body of work is one of the largest when it comes to South African singers and exceeds well of over 18 recorded CDs and DVDs including sessions with some of South Africa's most well known Musicians and Singers.
Early life ..
Henk, the youngest child of Theuns and Susan Opperman, was born in Hluhluwe, where he picked up the zoeloe language by playing with his Zulu friends on the farm. His parents decided to move to Standerton to occupy a farm there when Henk was six years old. He started school at Leslie and finished at Evander.
During his time in school he was already performing at different functions. Henk knew in his heart that there was nothing that he would rather do than to pursue music, this was his one and only career choice. After the army, he went into graphical design studying at the Pretoria Technikon. It was during this time that the nickname Dozi came into the foreground because he was a man that just love to sleep all the time.
His Road To Success..
Foot in the door ..
After joining the South African Police Band he started studying under Hansie Roodt. With years of determination and sweat he finally releases his first album in 1999 called "Mercy".
In a way the "Mercy" CD was the stepping stone in the success of Dozi. Being unique as one of only a handful of caucasian male South African singers, being fully trilingual, Dozi became the missing link between Black and White South Africans when he was asked to perform traditional Afrikaans songs in Zulu on a popular Afrikaans television program called "Noot vir Noot".
Foot in the door ..
After joining the South African Police Band he started studying under Hansie Roodt. With years of determination and sweat he finally releases his first album in 1999 called "Mercy".
In a way the "Mercy" CD was the stepping stone in the success of Dozi. Being unique as one of only a handful of caucasian male South African singers, being fully trilingual, Dozi became the missing link between Black and White South Africans when he was asked to perform traditional Afrikaans songs in Zulu on a popular Afrikaans television program called "Noot vir Noot".
The Sweet taste of sucsess ..
Not long after the release of his Zulu gospel album, Dozi released his first Afrikaans album titled: "Op Aanvraag" in 2000. The album becomes an immediate success and skyrockets to the top of the South African charts, selling over 100 000 units. This places Dozi firmly in the double platinum crowd. With the public still wanting the "Op Anvraag" CD and while sales are still continuing to climb, Dozi decides to release his next album: "Storm op die Horison" in December 2001. Staying true to his nature Dozi compiles a 17 track album that contains a mixture of both Afrikaans, English as well as Zulu tracks. "Storm op die Horison" goes platinum. In February 2003 Dozi releases his 4th studio album called: "Siyaya - Ons Gaan" which achieves gold status within the first month of its release. Dozi receives platinum awards for both "Storm op die Horison" and "Siyaya - Ons Gaan" at the Aardklop festival that same year. In Dozis early years as a musician, he became very famous in the local club, pub and restaurant circles. Doing these shows allowed the audiences of then to experience another side of Dozi much different from the music we know today. Doing well established cover songs became his trademark. Because of the constant nagging from his earlier Student and restaurant fans Dozi releases his "Rocking the World" album in December 2003. This album is a clear "Dozi" interpretation of already popular songs. Seventeen days after its release "Rocking the World" goes gold. While still doing his own performances at the KKNK festival in 2004, Dozi colaborated with many other well known South African musicians like Jannie Moolman and the Afrika Mamas. This production receives a Kanna award for the most popular production at the festival.In August of 2004 Dozi fills an emptiness in his music career as well as his fans by releasing his very first DVD recording: "Dozi Live at the Rendezvous". His new Afrikaans album "Kruispad" gets released at the Aardklop festival that same year and also achieves platinum status. "Kuispad" shows Dozis diversity to perform almost any song from the heart, hence it be serious or comedic.
Dozi's Back to the Roots
Live Music Venue
Dozi's Back to the Roots is a live music and entertainment venue in Hartbeespoort. Delicious food and great Music. Fun for the whole family! See the CONTACT selection of this web site for GPS Coordinates.
Located in Hartbeespoort, Back to the Roots is a live music venue for families, both young and old. Open on Sundays from 10am till late. At Dozi's we have an entertainment area for children of all ages with a Jungle gym and a jumping castle. Our chef takes the traditional South African braai to a new level with mouth watering steaks, succulent ribs, delicious sosaties, REAL boerewors, accompanied by pap and salads all at a reasonable price. Dozi provides "live" music to suit all tastes as well as performances by some of South Africa's top artists.
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