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Masego at last year’s Cape Town International Jazz Festival.
ARTS AND CULTURE SOUTH AFRICA

Sabotage or Competition? Montreux Franschhoek Lands on Cape Town Jazz Festival Weekend

Two major jazz festivals. One weekend. The Western Cape’s music scene braces for an unusual clash between a global brand and a local institution.

  • Unathi Kondile
6 min read
On stage: Thandi Ntuli and her seven-piece band will perform at the Standard Bank Joy of Jazz festival taking place in Johannesburg next weekend. Photo: Ndumiso Sibanda
ALEC KHAOLI

Rooted in rhythm: Thandi Ntuli on heritage, jazz and artistic renewal

The musician reflects on a decade in jazz, the influence of heritage and how curiosity and daily rituals shape her artistry

  • Kibo Ngowi
7 min read
Blowing them away: Cape Town-born, and educated at UCT and The Juilliard School in New York, this year’s Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Jazz winner, trombonist Siya Charles, will perform at the Joy of Jazz Festival in Joburg later this month. Photo: Mark Wessels and Daniel Song
AFRICAN JAZZ

Musician Siya Charles is breaking brass ceilings

The 2025 Standard Bank Young Artist for Jazz reflects on her beginnings, her inspirations and her vision for South African jazz

  • Rolland Simpi Motaung
8 min read