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Beatlab and Soul Candi Are Building a Bigger Classroom for Africa’s Music Makers
Beatlab and Soul Candi Institute of Music are connecting creator community with formal education, giving members discounted access to six courses spanning production, theory, business and performance.
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Oskido Is Collecting Lifetime Honours Before He Has Finished Building
Oskido’s recent honours do not read like retirement language. They recognise a South African music builder whose influence already carries historical weight while his work remains active.
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The Women Building SAMA32 Before Anyone Walks Onto the Stage
SAMA32 is putting some of its behind-the-scenes women in public view, shifting attention from the awards-night stage to the production, planning and operational labour that makes the ceremony possible.
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Rewinding the Archive: Basadi’s Fifth Anniversary as Cultural Memory
Basadi in Music Awards 2026 uses REWIND to revisit its first four editions, bringing past themes and hosts into the room as the platform marks five years of honouring women in music.
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How “Flowers Bloom” Makes Distance Sound Like Home
Sickluv and Dominic Neill’s “Flowers Bloom” connects the Garden Route, Berlin and Los Angeles, showing how South African music can move globally without losing its sense of home.
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Cassper Nyovest and the SAMAs: An Iconic Reconciliation
Cassper Nyovest’s SAMA32 hosting role is more than a celebrity booking. It marks a public reconciliation between one of South African hip-hop’s biggest stars and an awards institution he criticised for years.
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