Loyiso Mangena who was popularly known as Chippa during the ETV's hit soapie Backstage and later he became a musician when he collaborated with a Kwaito star Mzambiya.

He has been involved in the music production as a kwaito artist and soon went to Television industry, produced and presented a show called [ B4 da Fame ] .

The show used to profile successful people on how did they hustle their way to the Top before they became famous. On one of the episodes, Chippa interviewed a self-made Millionaire by the name of Ndaba Ntsele who is a Chief Executive Officer and Director of Pamodzi Investment Holdings. During the interview, Chippa and Ndaba as they were engaging there was chemistry between the two, which led them to connect and meet in person, post the interview of the show.

During their meetings and common business interest Chippa then was given a position in one of Ndaba's companies. Now Chippa is a chief operations officer at Pamodzi Group.

His short profile on LinkedIn is as follows” Loyiso Mangena brings over a decade of experience in communication to Pamodzi Group spent on-screen and behind the scenes. Prior to joining Pamodzi, he was Executive Director at Tshwaragano Intelligent Metering Services and Chief Executive and co-owner of Corner Dladla Productions before that. An entrepreneur at heart, Mangena has started and successfully managed companies in an array of industries including construction, telematics, transport, and fast moving consumer goods. Mangena serves on the boards of several of Pamodz’s companies. With a background in accounting and marketing, he is a WITS Business School graduate.”