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Celebrating a Legend: Caiphus Semenya's timeless songbook takes centre stage at Joburg Theatre

Joburg Theatre will celebrate the timeless legacy of musical icon Caiphus Semenya with a special three-day production featuring top contemporary South African artists.

 Manana performs during his Mending Broken Hearts Tour in Pretoria, where fans sang along to his music and welcomed him back to a city he says gave him a chance early in his career. Credit: @iamkwame_

Manana returns to Pretoria, where the music feels personal

Singer-songwriter Manana reflects on growth, emotional honesty, and the vibrant space for alternative sounds in South Africa during his Mending Broken Hearts Tour stop in Pretoria.

Zoë Modiga performing at the Homecoming Centrein Cape Town.Photo: Mageba OSoft Courtesy of Yelloëwax

Zoë Modiga turns Cape Town’s homecoming centre into a congregation

Pioneering singer-songwriter Zoë Modiga stunned Cape Town audiences with the launch of her self-produced fourth studio album, 'The Vault'. The experimental masterpiece, part of…

The Cape Town theatre complex celebrates its 55th anniversary by reflecting on transformation, accessibility and the evolving role of public cultural institutions

Artscape celebrates 55 years by opening its doors wider than ever

The Cape Town theatre complex celebrates its 55th anniversary by reflecting on transformation, accessibility and the evolving role of public cultural institutions

Intentional: Billy Monama quotes Nelson Mandela on the power of
music to elevate and liberate, to unite people in a shared voice.

Billy Monama is staging a revival of memory

The Rebirth of Ubuntu returns with a focus on legacy, as Billy Monama pushes for music that remembers, questions and resonates beyond the stage

A visually arresting, multidisciplinary spectacle challenges both narrative clarity and audience comfort, raising questions about how theatre must evolve for modern spectators

‘mAnJE! MaNJe (an epic)’ demands prompt attention at The Baxter

A visually arresting, multidisciplinary spectacle challenges both narrative clarity and audience comfort, raising questions about how theatre must evolve for modern spectators

Spirit leader: Zawadi Yamungu.

Zawadi Yamungu: The African Dramaturg

Blending jazz, folk and indigenous instrumentation, Zawadi crafts a sound that reconnects audiences to heritage while confronting the politics of the present

Audiences can expect a set that moves between Lordkez’s earlier, more experimental work and her newer, R&B-driven material.

Lordkez brings R&B-rooted sound to Cape Town International Jazz Festival debut

Blending R&B, soul and jazz, Lordkez arrives at CTIJF with a clearer sense of identity and a growing reputation as a compelling live performer.

Back to love: Judith Sephuma on legacy, music and the long road home

From global stages to intimate performances, Judith Sephuma shares what has sustained her career and what she hopes to build

Jonny Grundy and Manuel Artino perform their lyra hoop act which has
been added to the line-up.

Splish splash: Zingara’s new high-flying dance of bathtub joy

A daring duo turn a humble bathtub into a stage for sensual acrobatics, aerial feats and playful humour in the latest show at Zingara’s Cape Town spiegeltent

cellist Mietze Dill

Great art has no gender: Female composers take centre stage in Wakkerstroom

Overlooked women composers are finally given their due as Wakkerstroom’s 2026 festival spotlights music long sidelined by history and patriarchy

Creating a movement: Two of Septober Energy’s co-founders Flames Shilowa (Vusi Hlatywayo) (left) and
Sound of Xee (Xolisa Tshomela) (right). Photo: Supplied

Umbrella of sound and resistance

More than a collective, Septober Energy is a living ecosystem, weaving archival research, DJ sets and experimental performance into South Africa’s sonic landscape

Smooth jazz: Gregory Porter music bridges eras and emotions with sincerity and grace. Photo: Erik Umphery

Diary: Gregory Porter in SA; Zeitz MOCAA symposium; DJ Bob Jazz Club

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Inspired: American hip-hop star Lupe Fiasco performs at the Back to the City Festival in Johannesburg

Lupe Fiasco’s mural of purpose, craft and substance

For years, Lupe Fiasco’s music lived softly in my mind – a hum of resistance, a reminder of truth. Then, under Joburg’s stormy sky, I finally stood before the man who wields…

Msaki and Jesse Clegg on friendship, chaos and creation

When two artists stopped planning and started listening, they found music, and meaning, in the natural disorder of life