South Africa News News South Africa » Music: South African Music Awards: The biggest winners in SAMAs history
Explore the rich history of the South African Music Awards as we celebrate the biggest winners and their unforgettable contributions to the country's music scene.
News South Africa » Music: How AI is harvesting South African music without compensation
Global tech giants are exploiting South African music to train AI, leaving local artists grappling with authenticity and financial loss in a rapidly evolving digital landscape.
News South Africa » Music: City of Ekurhuleni music workshop empowers aspiring artists
Industry experts shared their knowledge on music creation, branding, publishing and rights management to help emerging artists navigate South Africa's competitive music industry.
News South Africa » Music: Amapiano Awards: South Africa’s dance music scene spreads its joy across the world
Amapiano is a soulful mix of grooves, sonic textures and moods that can be by turns hectic, smooth, melodic or simply enchanting. It is also defined by its unique percussive bass. Breaks within songs ...
News South Africa » Music: Tyla's latest music milestone has Mzansi talking after Spotify reveals surprising R&B rankings
Tyla has been named South Africa's most-streamed local R&B artist on Spotify as new data shows the genre's massive growth and fan support from across the country ...
News South Africa » Music: Why Africa’s global music boom still leaves much of the continent unheard
When people say African music is having a “global moment,” they are often talking about only a small part of the continent. “Nigeria and South Africa are dominating the most,” said Tuma Basa, ...
News South Africa » Music: Tyla won the first African music performance Grammy. Now, ‘I really want people to go deeper.’
It’s not easy to steal the show at the Met Gala. But no one who saw the South African singer Tyla ascend the stairs in May in a one-off Balmain couture gown made of sculpted sand will ever forget it. ...
News South Africa » Music: New Grammy category for African music ignores almost all of Africa
The 2024 Grammy awards will see the introduction of a new category: "best African music performance." When the category was announced last year, Grammys CEO Harvey Mason Jr. stated that it would be ...
News South Africa » Music: Focus : Music of South Africa / Carol A. Muller
Creating connections. South African music : The lion sleeps tonight ; Twentieth-century political history ; Twentieth-century entertainment history : live and mediated ; Graceland (1986) : world music ...
News South Africa » Music: Abdullah Ibrahim, South African pianist and anti-apartheid champion, dies at 91
Pianist Abdullah Ibrahim, whose music buzzed with the bustle of South Africa's townships, resounded to the vastness of its savannah landscapes and was adopted ...