In a heartwarming duet, South African artist Dan Shaw and her domestic worker captivated Mzansi by singing 'Phakade Lam' in ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — An old anti-apartheid song that was a call for Black people to stand up against oppression and has now been decried by Elon Musk and others as promoting the killing of ...

(JTA) — The Anti-Defamation League expressed concern about a South African song calling to “Kill the Boer” after Elon Musk repeatedly prodded the group to speak out — the latest in an ongoing tiff ...

Tyla has gained international fame for her recent pop hits. Now she takes her talent to the international stage to sing South Africa's national anthem at the World Cup.

2010 has been quite an incredible year for South African music. We have seen excellent albums released by electronic pioneers Kalahari Surfers, Pretoria noise terrorists Sticky Antlers and folk artist ...

South African 17-year-old Naledi Aphiwe Myongwana received a major life boost and ascension into the music industry after being credited on Chris Brown’s “Shooter” — a song on his latest studio album, ...

This special section is devoted to South African jazz, which has prospered for several decades and developed a distinctive character all its own. AAJ: SA was created in 2002 and has since been updated ...

Older genres classed in the World Music category and headlined by Angélique Kidjo continue to inspire newer genres, Afrobeats and Amapiano. Here are 25 standout tunes of 2023. 1. Tyler ICU & Tumelo.za ...

While there are those who place flowers upon graves to honour the dead, others dust off the archives to reissue the music of an artist lost to time. Pianist Gideon Nxumalo, who died in 1970, was ...

Award-winning South African vocalist Brenda Mtambo will bring AMAHUBO KA GOGO to Johannesburg and Durban, a theatre production celebrating faith, family, and hymns that have shaped generations of ...

Since its inception in 2008, playlists have gradually become more integral to how people access and share music on Spotify. Today, these unique collections of songs, curated along themes, ideas, or ...

For the past dozen years a South African balladeer named Josef Marais has been quietly building a reputation as a specialist in folk and children’s songs. He and his Dutch wife Miranda accompany ...