Mandoza paid a brief visit to Cape Town recently, launching his latest album Ngalabezi at Pata Pata in the city bowl. While the kwaito star says Nkalakatha is his best album to date, he feels that on ...

JOHANNESBURG - Kwaito musician Siphiwe Sibisi, known as "General GTZ", has died at the age of 48. Sibisi was part of the group Chiskop, together with kwaito legend, Mduduzi ''Mandoza' Tshabalala and ...

Originating in the black townships of South Africa in the mid-1990s, Kwaito music fuses hip-hop, house music, reggae and melodic African rhythms. Although Kwaito has been labeled by many as African ...

Explore the emergence of kwapi, a new sound that bridges the gap between kwaito and amapiano, preserving the cultural legacy ...

The trend of uniquely South African genres like Gqom and Amapiano breaking through the barriers we see today started with Kwaito songs like Nkalakatha pre-streaming. While this trend is led by Gen Zs ...

Four top local music stars - including kwaito sensation Mandoza - allegedly shared dead R&B singer Tsakani "TK" Mhinga's last hours with her. The partially clothed award-winning singer was discovered ...

Kwaito was derived from elements of Miami house music and, of course, hip hop. This blend of sounds shaped the music and outlook of an entire generation and there is no escaping its impact, all you ...

It's Saturday night and the streets of Johannesburg's Newtown section are thumpin'. South Africans usually avoid the crime-ridden downtown area after dark, but tonight minibus-taxis and cars packed ...

When Kwaito burst onto the South African music scene in the early 1990s, the infectious mix of chanted lyrics, slowed-down house beats and bass-heavy African percussion quickly became the soundtrack ...