ENTERTAINMENT
With the controversy surrounding the Diamonds & Dorings festival on a back-banner due to irregularities associated with it, in comes Galeshewe Township Extravaganza music festival that has been scheduled from 18 to 21 April 2019. As an inaugural project it will culminate in benefiting the locals, emerging and established SMME’s to different audiences who will […]
Following allegations levelled against French DJ David Guetta, all Daniel Baron wants is recognition for his 2016 hit single ‘Children Of The Sun. Guetta’s new collaboration with Sia, ‘Light Headed’, which appears on the DJ’s latest album ‘7’ has the same striking similaraties. The album was released in September 2018 and subsequently peaked at number […]
Yes, today is a national Human Rights Day and this augurs well with the performance of Berita, who is a well known arts and culture campaigner. Currently promoting her latest single Ndicel’ Ikiss from her independent recording company Assali Music, Berita is thrilled to be performing on the Hard Rock Cafe stage. Nguwe Wedwa, Mwana […]
This is the assurance from the organisers of the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, despite the threat of load shedding. The jazz festival is scheduled from March 29 to 30, 2019 at the Cape Town ICC. espAfrika organisers of the jazz festival say that they have put in place generators to ensure the events go […]
The popular festival boasts all genres of dance, from authentic isiPantsula to diverse classical, contemporary, dance theatre and performance art. It has been scheduled from March 31 to April 7 2019 at the State Theatre, Tshwane. It is made up of SA (host), Mali, Mozambique, Madagascar USA, Germany and Denmark. The Dance Umbrella is celebrated […]
Born in 1935 in Zimbabwe (then Rhodesia) to a Zambian father and South African mother, ‘Mam D‘, as she was fondly known, showed prodigious musical talent as a teenage girl and was spotted while performing in her school choir in Johannesburg. She went on to compose and record over 30 songs before reaching adulthood. The […]
This week they gave their first performance as competition winners at their new home Universal records, having returned from their successful and eventful Winter Jazzfest in New York City, last year January. Albeit they both did not commit on the title of the single they will work on (citing they’re many) one thing for certain […]
Closed last month, it was previously owned by socialite and philanthropist Dr Felicia Mabuza-Shuttle. Popular for its 1950s-inspired replication of the iconic Sophiatown shebeen and fine dining in lavish, it closed doors after more than 20 years’ in operation. A select media and guests were invited to the pomp farewell ceremony, although a bittersweet pill […]
The ‘Bantu Biko Street’ fame star who had undergone a vocal cord surgery recently, will appear for the first time on stage in 2019 featuring the award-winning film by Mmabatho Montsho, Joko Ya Hao, a film inspired by the life of struggle stalwart Winnie Madikizela-Mandela, to be released in July. “I was headhunted for the […]
Following a huge listening party session this past Wednesday, Nostalgia was presented to the world fashionably so. The packed Bioscope (Maboneng Precinct) had fans enjoying the lyricists that Tresor has become synonymous with, feasting on his 3rd studio album launch. The 13 track album features some of the biggest names in the game such as […]