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Soul food: Out of necessity Gabi Motuba sings, she swings black life and her conduction is continuously marshalling an imminent feeling of self-sovereignty. Photo: Standard Bank

Gabi Motuba and the sound of sacred resistance

Gabi Motuba’s music stretches beyond jazz, transforming grief, memory and resistance into a spiritual sonic language rooted in black life and liberation

First time: Montreux arrives in Franschhoek Friday to Sunday, 27 to 29 March. The line-up reads like a passport of musical brilliance and includes home-grown talent Thandiswa Mazwai

Montreux Jazz Festival makes African debut in Franschhoek

A legendary Swiss festival meets the Cape Winelands as Montreux launches its first African edition in Franschhoek with global stars and jazz visionaries

Stogie T has been a curator with unusual instincts. On aNomy, Stogie T turns history, faith and inherited
trauma into a portrait of a country suspended between collapse and renewal.

Stogie T: ‘It’s all broken’

Stogie T’s aNomy captures the tension, cynicism and spiritual searching of life in South Africa, weaving history, grief and hope into vivid storytelling

Take flight: The Wonderboom Airshow on Friday, promises stunts,
formation flying, and tactical manoeuvres. Photo: Supplied

Diary: Wonderboom Airshow; Music and Lifestyle Expo; Mandisi Dyantyis in Cape Town

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Sculpture under the sun: A talk around Angus Taylor’s Morphic Resonance was held during the BMW Art Generation Vol III at Nirox Sculpture Park last weekend. Photo: BMW Group South Africa

A day of art, vibes and black joy

BMW Art Generation fused music, fashion and community ambiance in an event that outshone traditional notions of art

Township child: Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse will perform at BMW Art Generation Vol III on 30 August at the Nirox Sculpture Park in Johannesburg. Photo: Arthur Dlamini

Hotstix, hot legacy

From Burn Out to BMW Art Generation, Sipho ‘Hotstix’ Mabuse remains a cultural giant shaping South Africa’s sound and spirit.

Nomsa Mazwai and Rapsody in studio. Photos: Courtesy of Nomsa Mazwai

Nomisupasta and Rapsody: The collab that took 13 years

When Rapsody finally came to South Africa to record her latest album, something deeply meaningful and long-awaited took shape.

Thandiswa Mazwai returns to the stage for an intimate, soul-stirring performance at The Lyric Theatre. (Photo supplied)

Diary: National Arts Festival, Thandiswa live at the Lyric, Sisonke Afrohouse

Festival returns with fresh fire and fearless talent For 11 days this winter, Makhanda becomes the beating heart of South African creativity and artistic innovation as the National Arts Festival lights up the Eastern Cape until 6 July.  A staple on the cultural calendar since 1974, the festival has long been a space for protest, […]

Taking off: Alice Viskat’s Flughafen is playing in Scotland.

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

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Transporting voice: Thandiswa Mazwai performs at the 25th Standard Bank Joy of Jazz festival, which was held in Sandton, Joburg, in September. Photo: Oupa Bopape/Getty Images

Thandiswa Mazwai’s technologies of resistance

Bringing together the traditional and the modern, Thandiswa Mazwai is taking her new album Sankofa to the world

Striking: Cion: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero was choreographed by Gregory Maqoma.

Diary: Requiem of Ravel’s Bolero, BMW Art Generation, live scores to silent films

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Khwezi Vika, Marketing Manager at Castle Milk Stout.

Rediscover the rhythms of traditional songs with Castle Milk Stout’s Afrikaraoke

It’s a way to preserve our heritage, celebrate and teach youngsters the lyrics of our sacred songs

Singer: Simphiwe Dana will perform at Divas in Concert.

Diary: Divas in Concert usher in women’s month, The Apartheid Killer on BBC, Amaxelegu by Qondiswa James will run at the Market Theatre

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Thandiswa Mazwai. Photos by Nick Boulton and Charles Leonard

Thandiswa Mazwai on Sankofa and political currents in South Africa

Experience the soul-stirring melodies of Thandiswa Mazwai’s new album ‘Sankofa’, a captivating journey through South African music and culture

Standby: An album of unreleased music by the late Jamaican reggae musician Lee ‘Scratch’ Perry is due out soon. (Paul Bergen/Redferns)

Starting the year on the right note

Setting my musical intentions for 2024, I select four upcoming albums that made my heart race