The popularity of two Cape Town listening bars points to the need for more eclectic music spaces
The iconic brand has joined forces with SA icon Mandla Spikiri Mofokeng, aka The King Don Father
There was kwaito,and then there was Boom Shaka. We went in search of what it is about the group that made us fall so hard for them 30 years ago
Stunning show is a sonic exploration of a note written by the musician to the land of freedom centred around love and words
After several years out of the limelight, Kwesta hopes to rediscover his flair with an experimental new collaborative project.
Sound that has taken the world by storm is in danger of dying out in
a lacklustre industry
Books by or about local musicians, the music business and the music scene
Jabba’s Back To The City performance in 2016 was a late-career triumph for the visionary MC, but its promise would prove elusive
Kwaito was born during South Africa’s transition to democracy and lives on as a kind of heritage
How we choose to dress is an instrument to communicate personal, race, class, gender and identity politics, as discussed in this extract from ‘Born to Kwaito’
J Bobs masterfully dismantles the highbrow/lowbrow binary in his theatre-making practice
“To remain relevant to the current generation, kwaito will need to shape-shift and reinvent itself akin to the evolution of hip-hop. “
Rapper K.O speaks about his creative process, his intentions with Skhanda and South African hip hop losing its identity.
We re-examine Lebo Mathosa’s legacy as a biopic about the singer’s life hits our screens
The originators insist that the cultural phenomenon has not died, it took new forms
Traces of Sandy B’s legacy, punctuated by a 1994 hit, are imprinted on the genre as we know it today
It may have traditionally been a definitively kasi sound but kwaito has grown to include different demographics
‘UMdlwembe’ brought vengeance to the genre and forever changed kwaito with its hip-hop influences.
Compiled by Friday editor Milisuthando Bongela and senior arts writer Kwanele Sosibo.
Mduduzi Tshabalala passed away on Sunday after having been diagnosed with a brain tumour in May last year.
The United States’ influence on culture is far-reaching, and Mzansi rappers have not escaped its clutches.
Tributes pour in for popular Kwaito musician Senyaka Kekana, who died Wednesday morning after a short illness.
Having ditched dissing their baby mamas, rappers GP Gangsta are now cheerleaders for women’s rights.
Thembi Seete, Msawawa and Zola – among other kwaito stars – turned English on its head to devastating effect in their lyrics.
Inanda has evolved its own nihilistic ecstasy scene, complete with a loopy music genre.
The wild cry that rang out after the birth of our democracy still echoes in the spirit of today’s beats.
Durban kwaito star L’vovo is this year’s Amstel Golden Hour performer at the Mbombela Music Festival.
It may be taking Africa by storm, but at home, the edgy KwaZulu-Natal sound is hovering dangerously close to being a one-man show.
SA’s hip-hop and kwaito stars, including a hologram of the late Brenda Fassie, celebrated the country’s musical history at the Hansa Festival of Legends.
The inaugural Hansa Festival of Legends featured the usual highs, lows, hits and misses – but everyone was there to see Brenda Fassie’s hologram.
The linchpin of Durban kwaito has solicited the help of his pals for his comeback album, The Headmaster.
Dubbed this year’s Die Antwoord, Spoek Mathambo’s sound is uncategorically South African.