From Brenda Fassie and Miriam Makeba to Mandoza and Master KG, these 10 songs have soundtracked South African celebrations, ...

Mgarimbe’s Sister Bethina turns 20 in 2026 after rocking Springbok celebrations, as South Africans revisit the song’s origins ...

Among contemporary African musicologists, Agawu has been one of the most distinctive voices over the past half-century.

Strings and wood become harp and drum accompanying cellist Abel Selaocoe's chants and throat singing in his new album, Hymns of Bantu, out this month. It's just one of the many ways he makes alchemy ...

In much of the world, house music has already had its day — but in South Africa, it is pop music. Here's why this musical genre has remained king. If you travel to South Africa, you will hear house ...

A young white South African woman broke into song inside a Spar Tops liquor store, singing a religious hymn in a local African language The spontaneous moment was caught on camera and posted to TikTok ...