Reebok collaborates with Girls Skate South Africa to get more girls on board
Reebok has partner with community organisation Girls Skate South Africa to spread the love of skating and get more girls on board. Pushing back on the traditional narrative of it being a male-led space, girls’ skate organisations like Girls Skate South Africa and riders like Thato Moet, Siya Bulela and Angie Schultz have made it clear that it’s a girls sport […]
Apple Music Announces Apple Music Radio
Apple today announced two new live global radio offerings on Apple Music, now available to music fans in 165 countries. Beginning today, Beats 1, the flagship global radio station, will be renamed Apple Music 1, and two additional radio stations will launch: Apple Music Hits, celebrating everyone’s favorite songs from the ’80s, ’90s, and 2000s, and Apple Music Country, spotlighting country music. Since Apple […]
Beyoncé songwriter, Vincent Berry II, heads to SA for songwriting masterclass
Multi-Grammy Award-nominated composer and producer Vincent Le Carl Berry II is heading to Southern Africa for the second edition of #TheCookoutAfrica Songwriting series. The second edition which will hold on Thursday, August 27th2020 at 18:00 CAT , will be an interactive Songwriting Masterclass specially designed for the music industry of Southern Africa* and all professional […]
The SA chapter of Women In Music is set to launch this month
This August will see the launch of the South African chapter of Women in Music (WIM), the world’s leading non-profit working to educate, empower and advance women in the music industry. It will be followed by a series of online panel discussions where women in the South African music industry can discover more about WIM membership and connect to the already growing community. […]
ByLwansta presents Cover Art and Branding in Music workshop at Pop-Kultur Festival, Berlin
South African musician, art director, and multimedia designer, ByLwansta, born Lwandile Nkanyuza in Kokstad, Kwa-Zulu Natal, will be presenting a design workshop on Cover Art and Branding in Music at this year’s Pop-Kultur Festival in Berlin, Germany. The international festival has gone digital to accommodate this year’s activities, from live performances, commissioned works, and workshops. […]
Multichoice Partners with the Uyinene Mrwetyana Foundation and POWA for Women’s Month
August is the month in which South Africa commemorates women in tribute to the over 20,000 women who marched to the Union Buildings to protest pass laws. August is also the month in which 19-year-old university student, Uyinene Mrwetyana, was murdered. Her murder triggered mass protests around the country and also sparked the rise of […]
For the 2020 SA Music Awards, the winners are…
The five day virtual ceremony is done and all the winners of this year’s SA Music Awards have been announced. Split into different groups awarded each night, check out all the winners below. #ForThaRoots Best Maskandi Album: Bawucisha ngo Paraffin by Abafana baka Mgqumeni Hlanga Lomhlabathi by Izingane Zoma Inhloko Nes’Xhanti by Khuzani Inyoka Yodumo […]
Beyoncé’s “Black is King” is here
Black Is King is a 2020 musical film and visual album, directed, written and executive produced by Beyoncé. The film serves as a visual companion to the 2019 album The Lion King: The Gift, a tie-in album curated by Beyoncé for the 2019 remake of The Lion King. The film has been released via Disney+ […]
SASFED & Netflix Collaborate On a COVID-19 Film and TV Relief Fund To Help South African Creative Community
Tshikululu Social Investments to administer the R8 million Netflix donation to help support the hardest hit below-the-line workers whose productions were suspended due to the pandemic Today, the South African Screen Federation (SASFED), supported by the Independent Producers Organisation (IPO), announced the establishment of a COVID-19 Film and Television Relief Fund in collaboration with Netflix to provide emergency relief to the […]
The voices of emerging South African creatives: “Take us off your mood boards and hire us!”
Art is more than just a visual experience, it is a way for people to make statements, tell stories and impact the world around them. In the social climate that creatives currently find themselves in, finding their voice is about listening and collaborating. This theme was recently explored during the second episode of a six-part […]
AKA Tests positive for COVID-19
Multi award-winning South African musician, AKA, has tested positive for the novel COVID-19 virus. In an attempt to create awareness around the virus and to caution citizens to be more careful in their daily interactions with others, AKA has chosen to make his results public. AKA pleads for everyone to adhere to social distancing guidelines, […]
For the 2020 BET Awards, the Winners Are…
2020 marked the 40th anniversary of BET channel and the.20th anniversary of the BET awards. Due to the current global health crisis and pandemic of COVID-19, the show as we know it couldn’t continue, but the channel decided to move ahead with a virtual version of the awards anyway. Using an array of innovative techniques […]