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The 2026 Basadi in Music Awards nominees show why the platform matters beyond the biggest performers: it is making the women behind South African music visible too.
05 Jul 20263 min read
Warner Music Africa and Funk It Up turned Sognage into a Madonna universe for the Johannesburg launch celebration of Confessions II — a night of disco, dance, fashion, fan devotion and pop iconography.
04 Jul 20263 min read
Hosted by Jozi Entertainment, powered by CAPASSO, and supported by the City of Ekurhuleni and the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation, the workshop gave emerging artists, producers, DJs, songwriters and independent music entrepreneurs practical tools for building sustainable music careers.
04 Jul 20265 min read
With iSOTTA, Jay Em turn Gqeberha’s taxi routes, hometown memory and house music culture into a seven-track love letter to the city that shaped them.
03 Jul 20263 min read
JAZZWRLD and Thukuthela did not need a BET nomination for the moment to matter. Their presence in Los Angeles showed that 3-Step is moving into global media rooms while keeping its South African centre.
30 Jun 20261 min read
With iKati Elimhlophe, CowBoii is trying to turn viral Amapiano momentum into something longer-lasting: a full album era built around identity, growth, community and Rapiano ambition.
30 Jun 20261 min read
With “First Class,” Lady Zamar turns regret into movement, choosing romance, clarity and feel-good pop instead of letting heartbreak carry the whole room.
30 Jun 20261 min read
As House of Zwide closes after five seasons, its final episode reminds us that daily television still does something algorithms rarely sustain: it lets audiences grow with young actors in real time.
30 Jun 20261 min read
Through The Perfect Serve, Kay Kay Ribane transforms Stella Artois’ Wimbledon-inspired White Can campaign into a refined visual study of movement, precision and contemporary African luxury.
30 Jun 20261 min read
Vuyelwa Maluleke’s The Blue Album uses monologue, movement and fractured memory to confront corrective rape, township silence and the difficult meaning of home for Black lesbian women.
30 Jun 20261 min read
Fifteen years after J’Something, Mo-T and Dr Duda first met on the rooftop of the Radisson Blu Gautrain Hotel, Mi Casa returned to the same place to launch a new anniversary chapter.
29 Jun 20263 min read
Davido’s collaboration with JAZZWRLD and GL_Ceejay shows that South African 3-Step producers are no longer just exporting rhythm. They are helping shape the architecture of major Pan-African hits.
27 Jun 20261 min read
Savanna’s South Africa’s Festival of Comedy, led by Trevor Noah, reframes stand-up as a national-team moment — and positions South Africa as a serious continental comedy platform.
27 Jun 20262 min read
As Musa Mseleku returns for Mnakwethu Season 5, the show proves that polygamy is no longer just a controversial reality-TV premise. It has become a full South African television genre.
27 Jun 20261 min read
Bonang Matheba’s Cannes Lions appearance turned a panel on AI, culture and trust into a larger argument about African luxury, lived influence and why algorithms still struggle to understand cultural nuance.
27 Jun 20261 min read
With “Precious,” The Joy move their Zulu-rooted vocal harmony deeper into global pop space, testing whether the unadorned human voice can still cut through a heavily processed music world.
27 Jun 20261 min read
Okmalumkoolkat’s Mlazi Milano was not just a debut album. It was a fully coded universe of gqom pressure, Durban mythology, digital-maskandi instincts, sci-fi references and Smart Mampara language.
27 Jun 20261 min read
With While You Wait, Thabsie returns through an independent, emotionally mature R&B project that feels less like a desperate comeback and more like a careful rebrand.
27 Jun 20261 min read