Kwaito has risen up out of South Africa's ghettos to become the international sound of a post-apartheid generation. Spoek Mathambo takes Melissa Bradshaw back to its roots 'I guess I'm the young ...

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“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, ...

The annual Mzansi Kwaito and House Music Awards (MKHMA) are set to return for their sixth edition in November and the plan is to have the events live at Sun City's Super Bowl - provided the Covid-19 ...

I meet Sbu "The General" Nxumalo at his house on one of the many numbered avenues of Melville. There's a sanded-down door against a white pillar on the backyard stoep. Two dogs run around vying for ...

The printing and copying business run by Zynne Sibika and Gao Mokone in Johannesburg is sandwiched between a fast food outlet and a gas station. Inside the building, the pungent aroma of fried chicken ...

Grant Clark goes to Johannesburg to explore the origins of Kwaito music and find out why it has become the voice of urban youth in the new South Africa. When people think of Johannesburg - their first ...

‘I guess I’m the young prince who’s trying to kill his dad, the king, and take over the kingdom. But I’ve been in exile for a while and now I’m back to take the throne,” said Spoek Mathambo, sitting ...

Women before her have inspired her not to give up on her dreams and today every sacrifice she has made since the beginning of her career is paying off. As a young girl, she watched artists like the ...

Hammanskraal kwaito star Mandla Mokoena has shot down suggestions kwaito is dying. The Kanana-born artist known as Mindlos was responding suggestion that the genre was hot on the heels of its recently ...

“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, ...