Daina Mabunda died on the 18th July 2007.
She was the key member of the Xihoko workshop, which was initiated by Jane Arthur and Aubrey Blecher in 1982. The workshop produced cloths (220 x 260cm) with patterns adapted from those Mabunda embroidered onto her minceka (sarong type cloths worn by Tsonga Shangana women). Popular designs became known as "fish and water", "peacock", "mixed animals" and "chabalala birds".
In 1983 samples of this work were exhibitied at the Carriage House Gallery in Johannesburg. In 1984 the cloths were exhibited at St James Cathedral in London as part of an anti-apartheid exhibition arranged by Archbishop Huddleston.

In 2001 Mabunda collaborated with Bronwen Findlay and Faiza Galdhari on an exhibition titled PAINTING PRINTING STITCHING. This exhibition opened at the NSA Gallery in Durban and traveled to the Festival of Arts in Grahamstown and then to the Standard Bank Gallery in Johannesburg. In 2002 Mabunda, Findlay and Galdhari collaborated further for the Vita Art Prize. Their work was exhibited at the Goodman Gallery in Johannesburg. In 2004 Mabunda was artist in residence at the Grahamstown Festival of Arts. In 2004 Findlay and Mabunda exhibited at the Salford Museum and Art Gallery, UK, on an exhibition to celebrate a decade of democracy.

Daina Mabunda was buried at Runnymede Village, Limpopo Province on 28th July.