Kwanele Sosibo

Ahead of the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz, Kwanele Sosibo interviews this year’s music and jazz SBYA winners for their reflections on the history and meaning of the awards

Jabu Mncwango supports the National Freedom Party, which is competing in the national elections for the first time after splitting from the Inkatha Freedom Party in 2011

The rerelease of the 1975 album by the jazz guitarist calls attention to this talented musician

A nighttime haunt in the backstreets of Orlando run by a well-known bootlegger should have been a prime zone for nefarious underworld activities. Instead, it nurtured an…

A master of a sparse, propulsive style, Robbie Shakespeare’s bass spoke volumes

A master of feel, Robbie Shakespeare’s bass spoke through the silence

Dimakatso Sedite’s poems emerge from the shattered futures of South Africa’s townships

Jazz is the winner as Herbie Tsoaeli updates his explorations of time in his new album

Original Creative Breed’s new documentary tracks the trajectory of the underground automotive sport

Koleka Putuma’s triumphant adaptation allows audience to see stagecraft influence poetry

The grief of others can ease our pain in these calamitous times

For a man to whom music was a mission, the local industry ultimately proved too narrow

FNB Art Joburg director Mandla Sibeko speaks to Kwanele Sosibo about this year’s Open City, during which unlikely spots are turned into art spaces

A film more about an entire culture than one man’s place in it, Mutant gives new meaning to the phrase ‘bigger than hip-hop’

Khubu Zulu wanted a way to deal with PTSD and landed on an accidental practice