“We just wanted to make good music,” says electronic music producer Jakinda. “When we met, neither of us went into the studio thinking ‘we want to make future kwaito’, but after dropping our EP, ...

South African Kwaito veteran L'vovo announced that he's joining the world of reality television to share more unknown details ...

Back in the ’90s, not many people in South Africa wanted to associate with hip-hop. Parents who were concerned with rap’s misogyny, crass language, and gang affiliated lyrics had a hard time accepting ...

When you hear stories in the U.S. about South Africa, they tend to be about relatively few topics: the legacy of apartheid, staggering HIV and AIDS rates, intense crime and poverty. At the end of ...

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Mduduzi Sibande makes amapianio and wwaito music. Photo: Mduduzi Sibande Kwa-Thema – Born and raised in eSwatini, Mduduzi Sibande (38) is known as Bhizmee Maguzoll. He relocated to South Africa for ...

When Kwaito burst onto the South African music scene in the early 1990s, the infectious mix of chanted lyrics, slowed-down house beats and bass-heavy African percussion quickly became the soundtrack ...

From artists and actors to political leaders, 2025 saw South Africa mourn influential figures who shaped culture, politics, ...

South African musician Zola's work is featured in Tsotsi, this year's Oscar winner for best foreign film. He is the country's leading kwaito artist. The genre is a mixture of South African pop, house ...