While the South African mainstream groove culture is often dominated by house music such as Afrohouse, gqom, amapiano and 3-step, among others, the 26-year-old Cape Town-born former taxi driver turned ...

South Africans were shocked when a maskandi track clinched the Song of the Year title. Who voted for it, they asked? But the genre remains strong, despite the growth of amapiano, house and new school ...

I knew these people. My grandmother used to tell me about them all the time. The ones with red doeks who had been sent to finish us off after the struggle. They emerged from the hostels like Ninja ...

It could have been a Thursday or Friday night at one of the bohemian clubs in Braamfontein, Jo’burg. The DJ was playing a range of genres from rave and deep house to dubstep. It could have been Muntu ...

After the release of their last body of work Iphakade Lami in 2022, Abafana Baka Mgqumeni are set to make a musical comeback this August with their new album I - Love Bite. Music has always been a ...

IF you’re a lover of Maskandi music, pencil in the date, December 20. That’s when fans of this popular brand of Zulu folk music will be flocking to Durban’s Playhouse Company for the Maskandi Concert, ...

Maskandi, the Zulu folk music rooted in rural storytelling, remains a central voice in South Africa’s music culture. Born as a form of social commentary, it has shaped sounds from Afro-pop to ...

Ugu District chairperson of the Cultural and Creative Industry Federation of South Africa (CCIFSA) Siya Sotsu. Maskandi artists on the South Coast are relieved that they now have an annual event of ...

One of the popular music genres in South Africa is Zulu folk music, known as Maskandi. Now a young musician David Jenkins, who goes by the name Qadasi, is making waves in the country. He was nominated ...

Although maskandi legend Phuzekhemisi loves Mroza’s hit Van Damme, its allusion to waging war flies over his head. The song speaks about the slaying of a metaphorical Jean-Claude van Damme, which the ...

SOUTH Africa-based Maskandi artiste, Zinjaziyamluma has said the genre is experiencing a decline in appreciation as compared to 2016 and 2019 where it was highly popular. He expressed the sentiments ...