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 ...

Durban - Performing in full Zulu traditional regalia, David "Qadasi" Jenkins ably captured a 20 000 strong audience with his mesmerizing and highly energetic performance at the The Bear Grylls ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Scatterling of Africa by Johnny Clegg is the extract from the book that the “white Zulu maskandi” aptly named Juluka by his fans, wrote before he passed away in 2019, leaving behind his wife and ...

MATT AYRES meets a well-known musician who is breaking new ground, exploring the rich musical roots of his African birthplace Of the few local acts playing at Wilderness Festival in Cornbury Park this ...