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Legendary musicians Jakarumba and Spikiri from the Kwaito group Trompies caused a buzz online this week when their latest ...

Discover the inspiring journey of Stevovoh SA, a multi-award-winning Kwaito artist from the Eastern Cape, whose music and ...

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 ...

“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, ...

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 ...

‘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 ...

As apartheid fell in South Africa in the early 1990s, a new genre of urban music arose. It's called Kwaito, a blend of traditional South African sounds and western genres, such as house and hip hop.

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 ...

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 ...