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Ingenious usage: Zola’s music from his debut album was used in the 2005 Oscar-winning film Tsotsi. (Archives du 7eme Art/Photo12/AFP)
CINEMA

Synching and scoring: The songs that keep on paying

With the growth of South Africa’s film industry, royalties from music licensing is becoming an increasingly viable revenue stream for artists

  • Sekese Rasephei
7 min read
Rioters loot the Jabulani Mall in the Soweto district of Johannesburg on July 12, 2021. – South Africa said it was deploying troops to two provinces, including Johannesburg, after unrest sparked by the jailing of ex-president Jacob Zuma led to six deaths and widespread looting. Overwhelmed police are facing mobs who have ransacked stores. Six people have died, some with gunshot wounds, and 219 people have been arrested, according to a police tally issued before the army deployed. (Photo by LUCA SOLA / AFP)
ZUMAUNREST

Soweto businesses vandalised, robbed as looting and violence spreads

The pillaging and destruction, which started in KwaZulu-Natal in reaction to former president Jacob Zuma’s incarceration, has been hijacked by residents and non-ANC members

  • Chris Gilili
4 min read
Zola performing at the Live Earth Concert at the Coca Cola Dome in Johannesburg on July 7 2007.
KWAITO
Video

How Zola’s debut album forever changed kwaito

​‘UMdlwembe’ brought vengeance to the genre and forever changed kwaito with its hip-hop influences.

  • Sabelo Mkhabela
7 min read
Zola will host a new reality TV show “Utatakho” which focuses on resolving issues of paternity using DNA testing.
KATLEGO MKHWANAZI

Utatakho – A dose of paternity drama

Actor and music star Zola speaks to the Mail & Guardian about fatherhood and the new reality TV show Utatakho.

  • Katlego Mkhwanazi
5 min read
ZOLA

Zola out on bail after dog attack on journalist

Actor and musician Zola has been released on R1 000 bail after he allegedly assaulted a journalist at the weekend.

  • Staff Reporter
1 min read