Multi-talented filmmakers Carla Fonseca Mokgata and Nthato Mokgata are making history with their romantic comedy
The metric of success for Vulane Mthembu’s Nguni Machina won’t be how many people stream it, but if listeners can’t tell if the music was made by artificial intelligence
South Africa’s newest stars have turned to the internet and cultivated cult followings to launch themselves onto the global music scene
Nthato Mokgata’s documentary ‘Vukazithate’, showing online at the National Arts Festival, tells an intimate story of his mentor and maskandi legend, Bhekisenzo “Vukazithathe” Cele
Drawing on his own experiences, Langa Mavuso soulfully unpacks the not-so-rosy side of romance, tackling issues of loss and betrayal.
Morena Leraba’s sounds may not be cogent, but he is retracing a tradition in a rapid high-tech age
The need for cosigns from non-Africans is a long-standing feature of the South African music industry that undermines our artists’ capabilities.
The Cape Town World Music Festival returns to the music calendar with a new name and a clearer focus.
A peek into the enigma that is Afrofuturism shows differing views – from patronising to progressive of what it means to be black in the 21st century.
Spoek Mathambo explores the ancient music of the San and gets hip to maskandi for his latest project.
Spoek Mathambo’s new video has taken a bit of a detour from his usual brand of "dark and edgy", as director Fausto Becatti terms it.
The Future Sound of Mzansi is a compilation album of rarities, remixes and collaborations that will be distributed across the continent.
Spoek Mathambo talks to the M&G about his latest release, his position in the SA music industry and an upcoming collaboration with Gorillaz.
Dubbed this year’s Die Antwoord, Spoek Mathambo’s sound is uncategorically South African.
Spoek Mathambo was not happy with the way he was portrayed in a recent <i>Guardian</i> story.
Spoek Mathambo takes <b>Melissa Bradshaw </b>
back to kwaito’s roots.
South African photographers Pieter Hugo and Michael Cleary have won an award for their music video for Spoek Mathambo’s <i>Control</i>.
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/ 6 November 2009
Starting over is like reapplying your skin layer by layer — it’s what João Orecchia has done on his new album.