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It’s in the bag: Sun-El Musician, the artist whose real name is Sanele Sithole, says he’s living with the strange emotional whiplash of finishing an album. Photo: Supplied
AFRICAN ELECTRONIC MUSIC

Sun-El Musician enters new chapter with ‘Under the Sun’

On Under the Sun, Sun-El Musician lets go of perfection, embraces risk and steps boldly into his independent era

  • Kibo Ngowi
9 min read
Taking off: Alice Viskat’s Flughafen is playing in Scotland.
BELEDE

Diary: 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Fête de la Musique returns to Victoria Yards and Thandiswa Mazwai brings Belede and Sankofa to The Lyric Theatre

Your essential dose of art and culture

  • Lesego Chepape
2 min read
‘I live and breathe music’: Yvonne Chaka Chaka says she finds collabs with young artists such as Amanda Black, Christer Kobedi and Sun-El energising, and she gives props to duo Blaq Diamond
AMANDA BLACK

Q&A Sessions: ‘I am not going to hang up my microphone anytime soon’ — Yvonne Chaka Chaka

The award-winning music icon and humanitarian Yvonne ‘Princess of Africa’ Chaka Chaka speaks to Ntombizodwa Makhoba on being a strict gogo to her three adorable grandchildren,…

  • Ntombizodwa Makhoba
6 min read