South Africa: Tune Me What - South Africa's Most Wanted

ThinkAfricaPress, 20 August 2014

Nelson Mandela once said that no-one truly knows a nation until one has been inside its jails. South African musicians may therefore know more than a thing or two about the… Read more »

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South Africa: Tune Me What - Under the Covers

ThinkAfricaPress, 5 June 2014

This week's show was inspired by a new version of Johannes Kerkorrel's song 'Liefde' performed by his former band mates in Die Gereformeerede Blues Band, with Arno Carsten of the… Read more »
South Africa: Tune Me What Podcast With Barry Hilton

ThinkAfricaPress, 29 April 2014

Catch up with the latest music from South Africa with Brett Lock and Leon Lazarus of the brilliant Tune Me What? podcast. Read more »
South Africa: Tune Me What - Umqombothi

ThinkAfricaPress, 8 May 2014

Catch up with some of the latest and greatest music from South Africa with Brett Lock and Leon Lazarus of the brilliant Tune Me What? podcast. As usual, the show draws from across… Read more »
South Africa: Op-Ed - What Would Mandela Do? Some Thoughts On Moving Beyond Anger and Rhetoric

Daily Maverick, 9 July 2014

In just over a week we will, for the first time, celebrate Nelson Mandela's birthday without his physical presence. While we will for a long time continue to cast and recast his… Read more »
South Africa: Tune Me What - Two for the Price of One

ThinkAfricaPress, 19 June 2014

This episode of Tune Me What highlights some interesting musical collaborations between South African artists. Some made perfect sense like that between jazz guitarists Vusi… Read more »

South Africa: 'Resurrected Kwazulu-Natal Artist' Questioned

SAPA, 6 February 2012

A man claiming to be resurrected maskandi artist Khulekani Kwakhe "Mgqumeni" Mseleku will appear in the Nquthu Magistrate's Court on Tuesday. Read more »
South Africa: Mandela's Praise Singer Arrested

Sunday Times, 16 March 2003

NELSON Mandela's most famous praise singer- the "poet laureate" who performed at his inauguration and around the world - will stand trial for tax evasion alongside the son of the… Read more »
South Africa: Mzwakhe Mbuli: People's robber?

Mail & Guardian, 31 October 1997

Could Mzwakhe Mbuli, charismatic grassroots liberation figure, poet and musician, be leading a double life as a bank robber? Impossible, say several leading South African… Read more »

South Africa: South African poet Mzwakhe Mbuli may have been framed

IFEX, 9 December 1998

The following document was released by the Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC), International PEN, London: WiPC is expressing concerns over the motives behind the detention of poet… Read more »

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South African Star Fined Over Police Uniform

Kwaito music star Mkhonzeni Langa, popularly known as Professor, has been fined R3,000 or one month in prison for wearing a metro police uniform to the Metro FM Music Awards. Read more »
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