Among reviews of the re-release, Stewart Smith of The List rated the album four out of five and noted that, as a Tsonga/Shangaan disco album, it may appeal to those who enjoy the Shangaan electro style of Tshetsha Boys and Nozinja, a genre he felt was a more frenetically paced successor to Tsonga disco. He nonetheless wrote: "Shaka Bundu is not just of historical interest, however. Music this joyful, melodic and danceable will always be relevant." Fact Magazine wrote that the album boasts "a pleasantly rough feel, but Penny and his producer Joe Shirimani keep things sufficiently hooky and beefy to impress. Really corking stuff, in short." They further made note of Shaka Bundu as being "one of the most country’s most feted house albums," while Sowetan LIVE called it a "seminal album." Anton Spice of The Vinyl Factory called the album "Penny Penny’s definitive Shangaan Disco record."
