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J. Cole announces Johannesburg return as ‘The Fall Off’ tour heads to FNB Stadium
A decade after his last SA show, J. Cole returns to Johannesburg with a chart-topping album and a tour billed as his final chapter.
Kwaito isn’t dead, it’s evolving
Trompies’ story reveals how true legends endure by evolving without losing their cultural centre
Diary: Back to the City Festival; Babalwa Mentjies; A Protea Is Not a Flower
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Diary: Lauren Hendricks is all jazzed up, Kwesta’s new Joy, Capitec handmadeAFRICA returns
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Bringing sounds together: How Kwesta and Kabza De Small formed an unlikely union
After several years out of the limelight, Kwesta hopes to rediscover his flair with an experimental new collaborative project.
The Samas fiasco and a moment of reckoning for South African music
The local music industry can’t place the blame for its current state solely on the Covid-19 pandemic; it’s been in a mess for a while
An ‘aesthetic inheritance’: ugogo the [visual] griot
Refiguring ugogo as a critical figure in the making of Black [visual] archives
Like, subscribe and comment: The rise of podcasting in South Africa
Podcasts are gaining prominence as a tool to document South African popular culture, but they still have a long way to go as a medium and business
Colouring outside the box: How local hip-hop artists are disrupting media
Artist-run platforms are overtaking traditional media, but what does this mean for a critical approach?
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So, kwaito, where to from here?
“To remain relevant to the current generation, kwaito will need to shape-shift and reinvent itself akin to the evolution of hip-hop. “
The global messenger: Tebogo Malope
"My aim is to take the local story and make it global and give the world an honest portrayal of where I come from."