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Twiggy Matiwana’s Dear Sis Dolly turns Drum Magazine’s iconic agony-aunt column into a warm, funny and thoughtful film about expertise, community wisdom and the art of truly listening.
20 Jun 20261 min read
CAPASSO’s first CSI funding cycle shows that South Africa’s music rights economy cannot only be built from boardrooms and royalty statements. It has to begin with education, capacity and community-level support.
19 Jun 20266 min read
DBN Gogo’s Roskilde Festival slot shows that South African dance music is no longer exporting one clean sound at a time. Amapiano and 3-Step are travelling together as part of a restless, adaptive ecosystem.
17 Jun 20262 min read
The international recognition of Concerts SA and IKS Cultural Consulting highlights a truth South Africa often overlooks: music infrastructure is culture too.
17 Jun 20265 min read
On Ndingubani, Bongeziwe Mabandla turns emotional struggle, depression and self-questioning into something spiritual, embodied and deeply human.
17 Jun 20262 min read
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
Jan Hendrik Viljoen, known widely as Portchie, leaves behind a colourful artistic legacy that made joy, warmth and everyday wonder feel serious.
14 Jun 20261 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
The Masked Singer South Africa’s move to SABC2 for Season 3 proves that public television still wants big, shiny, communal entertainment built for family debate, celebrity spectacle and Saturday-night chaos.
14 Jun 20262 min read
Prince Kaybee’s HiPace Cycle Challenge turns recovery into a public endurance test, proving that artist branding can be built through discipline, vulnerability and purpose — not only lifestyle and luxury.
12 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