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With “Touch,” Yandani is showing how young South African artists can turn social media attention into polished songwriting, real production and a more sustainable R&B career path.
17 Jun 20262 min read
Benjamin Dube’s catalogue partnership with Sony Music Entertainment Africa shows how South African gospel catalogues are being treated as long-term cultural and commercial assets.
17 Jun 20262 min read
Abdullah Ibrahim’s passing closes a physical chapter in South African jazz, but his music remains one of the clearest maps of exile, dignity, resistance and home.
16 Jun 20264 min read
With “Resista,” Xowla brings Tony Dayimane, Emtee, Touchline and Slim Ego into a modern tribute that turns L’vovo’s kwaito-house energy into a hip-hop handover.
14 Jun 20261 min read
NE-YO’s October 2026 Cape Town and Pretoria shows prove that 2000s R&B nostalgia is no longer just a feeling. It is becoming a serious live-event market in South Africa.
12 Jun 20261 min read
With “Hotela,” K.O brings hip-hop, Afro-pop melody and Amapiano energy into one record, proving that South African genre lines are no longer walls — they are ingredients.
12 Jun 20261 min read
With “Isikhwele,” Unathi Nkayi returns on her own terms — using music, visual direction, Soweto geography and South African fashion to build a comeback rooted in story, healing and cultural memory.
12 Jun 20261 min read
DJ Bongz’s SA Studio Camp is taking mentorship, studio access and industry knowledge into communities beyond South Africa’s usual music capitals.
12 Jun 20261 min read
Rebolledo’s Seasons Tour dates in Johannesburg and Cape Town show that South Africa’s underground electronic scene is not only exporting talent. It is becoming a serious destination for global leftfield club culture.
12 Jun 20261 min read
With What is Copyright? Our Song, Sakhele Mzalazala is pushing music rights education beyond industry workshops and into classrooms, libraries and early creative learning.
12 Jun 20261 min read
Limp Bizkit’s FNB Stadium date shows that South Africa’s live entertainment market is not only chasing current pop moments. The nostalgia economy is becoming serious stadium business.
10 Jun 20261 min read
With “Bayazibuza,” Naledi Aphiwe is moving beyond the viral moment and showing how a young artist can turn public pressure, scrutiny and expectation into emotional pop resilience.
10 Jun 20261 min read
Money Badoo’s 4PLAY is not chasing local mainstream approval. It shows how South African alternative artists are building genre-fluid, internet-native worlds that can travel globally.
10 Jun 20261 min read
With “Ngikhumbula,” Soa Mattrix, Bassie and Khathapillar show how Amapiano is expanding beyond club utility into lush, melodic and emotionally driven storytelling.
10 Jun 20261 min read
With “XhosaNostra,” Zolani Mahola uses gqom’s pulse to carry heritage, memory and tribute — proving South African electronic music can be more than a club escape.
07 Jun 20261 min read
With Pangaea: Immersive Realms, Wouter Kellerman is showing how African composition can move beyond stereo into three-dimensional sound, immersive listening and the future of music technology.
07 Jun 20261 min read
Nala Collective is creating space for women instrumentalists, composers and bandleaders to shape Cape Town’s jazz future on their own terms.
07 Jun 20261 min read
Apple Music’s latest Up Next artist for South Africa is proof that not every powerful local music movement needs to be loud, club-driven or built for the dance floor.
05 Jun 20261 min read