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Amanda Black is the stage name of Amanda Benedicta Antony, an Afro-soul singer and songwriter from the Eastern Cape. Her apprenticeship is long and public: church choirs from the age of six, talent contests through her teens, three runs at Idols South Africa — reaching the top seven of season eleven — and a music education degree at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University. The music that emerges folds Xhosa lyricism into soul and R&B, measured and rooted.
Her debut album Amazulu (2016) is certified platinum within a month, selling more than 31,000 copies, and in 2017 she takes four South African Music Awards — Album of the Year and Best R&B/Soul/Reggae Album among them — plus two Metro FM Music Awards and a BET Awards nomination. Signed to Sony Music since 2019, she has built out the catalogue with Power (2019), Mnyama (2021) and From My Soil To Yours (2023).
Five years after Mnyama, Amanda Black’s third studio album can finally be judged outside the urgency of its original release campaign. Its endurance makes a stronger argument for catalogue value than any single week of noise ever could.
Amanda Black leads the official final line-up for the Vaal leg of the Kota Festival, a 10:00-22:00 day festival at Emerald Resort & Casino in Vanderbijlpark. Tickets are on sale via Webtickets and Computicket BoxOffice; the ticket pages confirm the date, venue and pricing, while the line-up was published on the festival's own Facebook, Instagram and TikTok channels.
Blxckie appears on the official final line-up for the Vaal Kota Festival at Emerald Resort & Casino, a 10:00-22:00 day festival. Tickets are on sale via Webtickets and Computicket BoxOffice.
K.O is named on the official final line-up for the Vaal Kota Festival at Emerald Resort & Casino in Vanderbijlpark, a 10:00-22:00 day festival. Tickets are on sale via Webtickets and Computicket BoxOffice.
Amanda Black is billed among the headliners for the Jozi edition of the Kota Festival, themed EZASE MZANSI: iDiski, running 10:00 until midnight at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Nasrec. Tickets went on sale on 3 August 2026 through Computicket BoxOffice; headliners are still being rolled out on the festival's official channels.
Emtee is named among the headliners announced for the Jozi Kota Festival, themed EZASE MZANSI: iDiski, running 10:00 until midnight at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Nasrec. Tickets went on sale 3 August 2026 via Computicket BoxOffice.
A-Reece is billed among the headliners announced for the Jozi Kota Festival, themed EZASE MZANSI: iDiski, at the Johannesburg Expo Centre in Nasrec from 10:00 until midnight. Tickets went on sale 3 August 2026 through Computicket BoxOffice.
