In recent years, a growing number of young South Africans have been rediscovering the rich rhythms and lyrical storytelling of Maskandi music - a genre long associated with Zulu tradition and rural ...

Growing up in Ulundi, KwaZulu Natal, I remember hearing Phuzekhemisi performing a song called "Imbizo". This was a catchy tune which at the time and held no deeper meaning for me other than a song ...

David “Qadasi” Jenkins and Maqhinga Radebe are a South African Music Award (Sama)-winning duo on a mission to revive and celebrate the powerful sounds of traditional Maskandi music. Qadasi – which ...

Of South Africa’s three major cities, Johannesburg and Cape Town get the lion’s share as far as the cultural and entertainment scenes go. Yet, when it comes to spawning some of the most influential ...

Restlessness was Mlahleni David Ngcobo’s essential gesture. Stubborn and immensely gifted, his boyhood desire was to sing and tell the stories of the KwaZulu-Natal sugarcane belt through his guitar.

As African music continues to gain international traction, digital platforms focused on regional genres are attracting ...

Bheki Ngcobo, popularly known by his stage name Ihashi Elimhlophe, will write a new page in history this weekend by becoming the first maskandi artist to record a live DVD at the Soweto Theatre. The ...

One of the popular music genres in South Africa is Zulu folk music, known as Maskandi. Now a young musician David Jenkins, who goes by the name Qadasi, is making waves in the country. He was nominated ...

In the classic 90s track Jamaican in New York, Jamaican performer Shinehead sings about how much of an alien he feels in the US city. However, for South African leading Maskandi artist Khuzani ...

South Africans were shocked when a maskandi track clinched the Song of the Year title. Who voted for it, they asked? But the genre remains strong, despite the growth of amapiano, house and new school ...