The problem with (mis)representation is ...

The problem with (mis)representation is ...

05 Dec 2012 00:00 - Mpho Moshe Matheolane
The Nina Simone biopic debacle shows there will always be a problem when the representation of another is concerned, writes Mpho Moshe Matheolane.
Bra Hugh in golden form with own label

Bra Hugh in golden form with own label

22 Jun 2012 00:00 - Lloyd Gedye
Hugh Masekela has plenty to keep him busy: a new studio, a new label and a further two albums to be released before the end of the year.
Bra Hugh blows in at 73

Bra Hugh blows in at 73

05 Apr 2012 00:00 - Atiyyah Khan
It has been a huge week for Hugh Masekela. Not only did he celebrate his 73rd birthday, but he also launched a new album and a record label.

Hugh Masekela: 'I don't think I have the power to forgive'

04 Mar 2012 06:41 -
The South African jazz trumpeter talks to David Smith about the legacy of apartheid, Nelson Mandela and squandering $50-million.

Rolling Stone: International standards with a local twist

30 Nov 2011 14:14 - Lisa Van Wyk
The first South African edition of legendary music magazine Rolling Stone launched in November. We speak to editor-in-chief Miles Keylock.

Teen dream

02 Sep 2011 00:00 - Percy Zvomuya
Port Elizabeth's teenage sensation have the potential to survive prodigy burn-out.
The language of my true love

The language of my true love

28 Mar 2011 11:55 - Nikiwe Bikitsha
Words and songs have long inspired us. "If music be the food of love, play on," said William Shakespeare, writes Nikiwe Bikitsha.

Masekela: Guard your freedom jealously

05 Apr 2009 09:58 - Fran Blandy
Hugh Masekela is still mixing politics and music, warning that SA could lose the magic conjured up during the creative explosion under apartheid.
Nothing Hugh(ph)emistic

Nothing Hugh(ph)emistic

03 Mar 2009 00:00 - Percy Zvomuya
On the eve of his 70th birthday, Hugh Masekela is blunt about 'death of the arts' and challenges facing South Africa, writes Percy Zvomuya.

The long goodbye

14 Nov 2008 06:00 - Robin Denselow
IN MEMORIAM: In Miriam Makeba's last interview she spoke to Robin Denselow about how hard it was to retire.

Tourist guides tap rich vein in Gauteng

25 Feb 2008 06:59 - Zahira Kharsany
Tourist guides from across Gauteng gathered under a hot marquee for the International Tourist Guides' Day at Constitutional Hill in Johannesburg last week -- and, for a change, were on the receiving end of an educational tour. "We are who we are through others," were the words of Lungi Morrison, of the Gauteng Tourism Authority.

Let the music speak

06 Jul 2007 13:36 - Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya
Fikile-Ntsikelelo Moya meets legendary South African jazz drummer Makhaya Ntshoko and his quintet.