South Africa: Goema Superstar – How Composer Mac Mckenzie Reshaped the Sound of Cape Town
[The Conversation Africa] Gerald “Mac” McKenzie passed away on 29 April 2024. He will be remembered as a renegade spirit and innovator in South African music. The composer and bassist changed Cape Town’s goema music tradition forever. Growing up in the…
South Africa: Mama Joy Says She’s Going to the Olympics: ‘Not Even Renaldo Gouws Will Stop Me’
[Fame Frenzy] South Africa’s biggest sports fan Mama Joy Chauke will be cheering on the South African team at this year’s Olympics in true Mzansi style.
South Africa: Prince Kaybee Responds to Physical Assault Allegations
[Fame Frenzy] Controversial blogger Musa Khawula certainly knows how to get people talking. This time award-winning DJ and music producer Prince Kaybee was on his radar.
South Africa: National Arts Festival Soars into 50th Year – South African News Briefs – June 20, 2024
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South Africa: That Famous Picture of AKA and Cassper Nyovest – ‘This is What he Whispered in My Ear’
[Fame Frenzy] Multi-award-winning artist Cassper Nyovest finally laid bare what the late AKA said to him in a picture that caught everyone by surprise.
South Africa: Mother City – a Tough, Passionate Film About the Battle for Affordable Housing in Cape Town
[The Conversation Africa] A third of the way into Mother City there’s a scene that characterises this tough, passionate film about Cape Town and its paradoxes of beauty and hardship, wealth and poverty, and the way it excludes the working poor.
South Africa: Onezwa Mbola and Nara Smith – Is Her Imitation a Sincere Form of Flattery?
[Fame Frenzy] A feud has erupted between netizens over local influencer Onezwa Mbola and US TikTok star Nara Smith.
South Africa: Zahara’s Husband Claims He’s Still Paying Off the Late Singer’s Hospital Bill
[Fame Frenzy] Still dealing with the pain of Zahara’s death, her husband Mpho Xaba recently told the Sunday World that he is paying off the singer’s hospital bill.
South Africa: Make Mzansi Proud! Bryoni Govender Jets Off to Poland for Miss Supranational 2024
[Fame Frenzy] Miss SA 2023 runner-up Bryoni Govender has packed her bags and is ready to report for duty at Miss Supranational 2024. The beauty contest takes place in Sącz, Poland, on July 6.
South Africa: National Arts Festival Battles to Get Much-Needed Lottery Funding
[Daily Maverick] The decision not to fund the country’s longest-running arts festival was communicated a month before its start date.