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30 Mar 2026
South African amapiano producer and DJ Sam Deep has surpassed 2.1 billion streams across digital...
30 Mar 2026
Durban-based producer Dankie Boi has teamed up with veteran DJ Tira to release a collaborative EP...
30 Mar 2026
Universal Music Group (UMG) has announced plans to repurchase up to €500 million (about $575m)...
30 Mar 2026
South African singer Vusi Nova has released a new single titled ‘You’re All I Need’, marking his...
30 Mar 2026
Zimbabwean-Mozambican musician Sylent Nqo has released a new single titled ‘Sewe’, a collaboration...
30 Mar 2026
Delron Davids, a 26-year-old dancer from Cape Town, has been named the 2026 South African national...
27 Mar 2026
Google has announced an upgraded version of its AI music generation system, introducing Lyria 3 Pro...
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23 Mar 2026
Colleagues, collaborators and members of Johannesburg’s arts community gathered at the Goethe-...
23 Mar 2026
Contributor: Tendani Mungoni Lira is preparing to step back on stage in a deeply personal way...
20 Mar 2026
As South Africa marks Human Rights Day, the Folklore Festival Fringe in Johannesburg raises a...
20 Mar 2026
On 21 March 1960, apartheid police opened fire on peaceful protesters in Sharpeville, killing 69...
19 Mar 2026
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AI is challenging the authenticity of Afro-house while raising serious copyright questions,...
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05 Sep 2025
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21 Aug 2025
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21 Mar 2026
Grammy-nominated Malian singer-songwriter and guitarist Fatoumata Diawara returned on 27 February...
20 Mar 2026
Tumi Molekane has always been a rare kind of rapper. As Stogie T, he writes with a level of...
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18 Feb 2026
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17 Feb 2026
Donald and Amanda Black , two of South Africa’s most revered voices, finally come together on ‘...
11 Feb 2026
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