Entries for the 2021 SA Music Awards to close soon
If you haven’t yet, now would be a good time to get your entries in for the 2021 South African Music Awards. Entries for South Africa’s premier music award show opened up on the 27th November 2020 and will close at midnight on the 31st January 2021. Music eligible for a SAMA27 nomination must have been […]
MTV Base ranks its Hottest MCs (and new wave artists) for 2020
MTV Base aired one of its flagship properties in December 2020, the Hottest MCs List. Hosted by Ms Cosmo, the panelists for the yearly round-up included Kyeezi, DJ Venom, Nota, DJ Kaymo, Mandisa Ntsinde, and Lula Odiba. With the criteria for the makeup of the list being bars, impact, sales, and intangibles, the panel came […]
Unlocks 2021 with Cardi B has been called off
Castle Lite regrets to announce that it has had to call off Castle Lite Unlocks 2021. This is as a result of the country’s on-going struggle against the COVID-19 pandemic. With the nation currently in the grip of a second wave of the pandemic and confirmed cases on the increase, the South African government has […]
Featuring Riky Rick, Sho Madjozi, and YoungstaCPT, The Ubunifu Space docuseries is a love letter to SA Creativity
The African diaspora music reactions channel have dropped 4/8 episodes from their #UbuOnTour series on Youtube and it’s packed with appearances from South Africa’s A-list entertainers One year after London-based YouTube channel, The Ubunifu Space touched down in South Africa, they share their experiences through an eight-part docuseries titled after their tour campaign, #UbuOnTour. Having premiered on Monday, […]
Virgil Abloh’s collaborative book with Nike is set to document “The Ten”
In 2017, Nike and Virgil Abloh announced a new design project, “The Ten.” Reconstructing 10 Nike footwear designs, he said of the project, “What we’re talking about here is larger than sneakers, it’s larger than design culture. It’s nothing short of state-of-the-art design. These 10 shoes have broken barriers in performance and style. To me, […]
PayIn30, a lifeline for SMMEs during the COVID-19 crisis
When we’re kids, and teachers ask, “What do you want to be one day”, answers like doctor, lawyer, police officer, singer, and the like, are often tossed around. In primary school, asking this is enough. However, perhaps it’s important to start considering “How do you want to be paid” as a valid and necessary question. […]
The 2020 SAHHA’s Full List of Winners
The 2020 SAHHAs took place this past weekend, airing on SABC1 and hosted by Uncle Vinny. The award show was a virtual one because of COVID-19 restrictions and the yearly live show couldn’t continue in its usual format. It wasn’t without some eyebrows raised at the result, however. Check out the winners in the list […]
SAHHA Announces Nominees for its 2020 Virtual Show
The 9th Annual South African Hip Hop Awards returns with a new theme “The New World Order”. The theme idea comes after looking at what has been happening in the last year around the world. “After the world was reinstated to hard lockdowns where we all found ourselves confined to our homes, glued to the tv set, […]
Universal Music South Africa Partners with the National School of the Arts
Universal Music South Africa, through Universal Music Group’s Task Force for Meaningful Change (TFMC), today announced a partnership with South Africa’s National School of the Arts (NSA) that will save the iconic school from closure due to economic pressures resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. One of South Africa’s foremost arts education institutions, NSA is a co-educational public school […]
Sportscene’s Put Me On Reaches Its Finale Tonight
Last month, Sportscene kicked off the 2nd edition of their Put Me On music competition. Thousands of artists submitted their work in the hope of winning career changing prizes. The top 30 Finalists were selected, announced and embarked on the final leg of the contest. This year’s finalists are Kiiing Leo, RÖlen Skafe, Chaise Williams, […]
Leeroy Jason’s New Exhibition is a Celebration of Pride
Leeroy Jason partnered with Maps Maponyane’s Buns Out for an evening of art and conversation. Echoing the ideologies of pride, which celebrates individuality and the LGBTQIA+ community at large; the exhibition gave a visual representation of his #GenderMustFall series, which focuses on breaking the status quo. Leeroy has, from the age of 11, had an […]
Cardi B’s Unlocks experience is moved to 2021
Castle Lite, has announced that the brand is still Unlocking Cardi B as the international headliner of the Castle Lite Unlocks experience, but only in 2021. After having placed the 2020 experience on ice due to the global Covid-19 outbreak earlier this year, Castle Lite has now decided that Cardi B will be making her […]