Rebecca Malope
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How I became a rockstar in four months
Rebecca Malope sparked a fire in me as a child. Decades later, I honoured that flame with my first full-band performance
The gospel according to Rebecca Malope
From a violent and harsh childhood to icon of music, the superstar has outdone her peers.
Songs, sales and sin: The truth about gospel
The country’s best-selling music genre is mired in sex, drugs and alcohol. But, as the industry’s top guns say, God’s gifts are without repentance.
Gospel singer Vuyo Mokoena dies
Award-winning gospel star Vuyo Mokoena has died, his record company, Big Fish Music, confirmed on Friday. According to Big Fish Music, Mokoena died at 5.30am on Friday. Mokoena…
Masses flock to Dube memorial service
A crowd of about 500 bereaved music fans thronged in the scorching sun outside music venue the Bassline in Johannesburg’s Newtown cultural precinct on Wednesday for the memorial…
Civil society: Arts and culture
Gwen Ansell, Ntsiki Biyela, Lucilla Booyzen, Simphiwe Dana, Marianne Fassler, Harriet Gavshon, Linda Givon, Nadine Gordimer and more …