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Maverick: South African music sensation Moonchild, born Sanelisiwe Twisha, performed a record-breaking 10 shows at Glastonbury this year, but admits that radio hosts are cautious of her, because she refuses to censor herself on air. Photo: Grace Pickering
BEYONCE

Moonchild taking over the world, one festival at a time

Moonchild taking over the world, one festival at a time

  • Charles Leonard
8 min read
Give them a leg up: Tumi Morake is excited about the potential of young comedians in South Africa.
GLEN BIDERMAN PAM

Stand-up is far from down and out after pandemic knocks

Lesego Chepape speaks to Tumi Morake about the state of comedy in South Africa This content is restricted to registered users and subscribers. Get Your Free Account The Mail &…

  • Lesego Chepape
1 min read
A smile can bring a tear to me: Some of the participants in the new TV show Last One Laughing, where the challenge is to keep a straight face or be eliminated.
GLEN BIDERMAN PAM

Last to laugh laughs longest

Reality show starring some of SA’s best comedians promises to be a cracker

  • Lesego Chepape
4 min read
Is this the beginning of the end of all human-created art? This is the question implied by Vulane Mthembu’s AI album Nguni Machina. (Photo by: Kgune Dlamini)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

Umshini uyakhuluma: Technology encroaches on the human touch in Nguni Machina

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

  • Penny Youngleson
4 min read
Desire: Moonchild Sanelly worked hard to make it locally and abroad without using a music label. Photo: Tyrone Bradley/Red Bull Content Pool
A REECE
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The new wave way: How SA’s now generation moves different

South Africa’s newest stars have turned to the internet and cultivated cult followings to launch themselves onto the global music scene

  • Sabelo Mkhabela
10 min read