Maskandi

The Metro FM Music Awards 2026 nominations spotlight amapiano’s dominance, with Jazzwrld and Thukuthela emerging as the names to watch.

A cinematic Afrosoul offering, Sodwa captures Pearl Thusi’s journey into music through nostalgia, collaboration and deep emotional clarity

Ndumiso Khumalo’s voice and mastery of the guitar are mesmerising

Soulful offering, which speaks of love and life’s obstacles, also inspires the listener to dance

‘Isibuko’ holds a mirror to the musician’s life

Hostels are finding ways to transmute blighted history into safe places for cultural expression to take root, Oupa Nkosi discovers

Ihashi Elimhlophe is recording a DVD live in Soweto

Very little is known of the late guitarist, who was a keeper of a stark and foreboding maskandi sound

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

It’s been a decade since Busi Mhlongo succumbed to cancer. Niren Tolsi reflects on her life and the singular connection she formed with her audiences

The guitarist’s book, Introduction to South African Guitar Style: Volume One is due to be published at the end of the year

Developing a taste for Zulu music forms like isicathamiya, Clegg would freqeuent townships and hostels at an early age, flouting apartheid laws

Sjava’s music mirrors the stance of patriarchs who play in the “not all men” territory but present contradictory messages in their work.

The R25-million budget to have Zuma record an album of struggle songs is not merely about capturing history for posterity and posteriors.

The genre grew out of Southern Africa’s past and reflects our present and our desired future