Hip Hop Pantsula

Motswakolistas left their mark beyond Mahikeng

Article bogdan TagDiv - 18 Jan 2019

Motswako was born from the hunger of Mahikeng's young people to express themselves and solidify their hip-hop identity.

On our Lists this week: Zero 7, KS Bongela, and Harambe

Article Arts Desk - 2 Nov 2018

In between working on Friday copy, this is what the team reads, listens to and watches

HHP – the motswako legend who was one of a kind

Article Kwanele Sosibo - 26 Oct 2018

Jabba drew inspiration from everything. His approach was collective and prolific.

Jabba, a man of the people whom we failed to protect

Article bogdan TagDiv - 26 Oct 2018

We failed to protect him when we heard his cries. This reveals to us the precarity of our own lives under racial capitalism

HHP, motswako maestro, has died at the age of 38

Article Arts Desk - 24 Oct 2018

Although he didn’t start the style, Jabba is considered a motswako pioneer, raising the bar for the style and influencing a generation of rappers

SA, Nigeria top nominees at MTV Mamas

Article bogdan TagDiv - 12 Jun 2015

South Africa and Nigeria have the most nominees for this years's MTV Africa Music awards, which are taking place in Durban on July 18.

Lifaqane music festival: Harmony out of chaos

Article bogdan TagDiv - 5 May 2015

Lesotho police may have shut it down, but the Lifaqane festival still offers the hope of uniting African voices in the face of discord and opprobrium.

HHP on wanting a Nobel prize, xenophobia and performing in Lesotho

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Apr 2015

Ahead of his performance at the Lifaqane-Mfecane festival in Lesotho, we chat to the rapper about his bucket list, the Samas and xenophobic attacks.

Maftown Heights hits Jo’burg

Article bogdan TagDiv - 27 Nov 2013

Maftown Heights has returned to Newtown, Johannesburg, and will be featuring some of the hottest SA hip-hop acts around.

HHP: To infinity and beyond

Article bogdan TagDiv - 31 Oct 2012

After 13 years at the top of his game, HHP - one of South Africa's biggest hip-hop artists - tells the M&G why it's time to try something different.

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Western Cape Judge Mushtak Parker faces second misconduct complaint

Franny Rabkin - 1 Apr 2020

The Cape Bar Council says his conduct is ‘unbecoming the holding of judicial office’

National

The Mogale Centre: A place of hope for young offenders

Athandiwe Saba - 30 Mar 2020

In the last story of her series about children behind bars, Athandiwe Saba speaks to young men who have committed serious crimes and are now living behind the walls of the Mogale Child and Youth Care Centre

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