South African hit 'Jerusalema' inspires people worldwide to shake off COVID-19 blues

From Sao Paulo to Sweden, thousands of people around the world, including priests, police, ministers and frontline workers, have posted clips of themselves dancing to South African house song ...
Sunday World

House duo Liquideep returns to a changed South African music landscape

More than a decade after their last performance on home soil, iconic house duo Liquideep is making their long-awaited return, ...

Let the good vibes bloom: new songs to brighten your October

Explore the vibrant sounds of October 2025 with our curated playlist featuring uplifting tracks from Miza, Stimela, Young ...
Variety

From Beyonce’s ‘My Power’ to ‘Black Panther,’ New Book Explores How the Sounds of South Africa Reached the Global Pop Stage

In an excerpt from the 33 ⅓ title "South African Popular Music," the author breaks down house music offshoots gqom and amapiano. When Beyoncé put together her companion soundtrack album, “The Lion ...
The Conversation

South Africa’s struggle songs against apartheid come from a long tradition of resistance

Sisanda Nkoala receives funding from the National Research Foundation and has previously been awarded an AW Mellon-UCT Graduate Scholarship in Rhetoric Struggle songs, also known as protest music or ...