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Becoming: Bongeziwe Mabandla’s Ndingubani has been gestating for years, waiting for the courage to come into being. Photo: Christopher Saunders

Bongeziwe Mabandla is ready to be fully present

With a new album on the horizon and sold-out shows across the globe, Bongeziwe Mabandla is stepping into the artist he was always becoming

Leading voice: Fresh off sold- out European dates, Bongeziwe  Mabandla now brings his magnetic stage presence home. Photo: Supplied

Gig Guide: Bongeziwe Mabandla to tour SA, Maria Callas – Prima Donna heads to Durban and Vimbs Mavimbs to release Late Bloomer

Bongeziwe Mabandla to tour SA South Africa’s own Bongeziwe Mabandla is back on the road this May and June with a string of live shows to celebrate his latest single Walila and…

Taking off: Alice Viskat’s Flughafen is playing in Scotland.

Diary: 2025 Edinburgh Fringe Festival, The Fête de la Musique returns to Victoria Yards and Thandiswa Mazwai brings Belede and Sankofa to The Lyric Theatre

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Bridge: Bongeziwe Mabandla says the tracks on his new album amaXesha Remixes stand on their own but can also help listeners appreciate the originals in a new way. Photo: Mike Love

Bongeziwe Mabandla: Same song, same soul, new rhythm

Bongeziwe Mabandla reimagines his album amaXesha with dance-driven remixes, bridging folk roots and electronic innovation

Sara Buijskes: Joburg’s first woman commercial photographer.

Diary: Sara Buijskes at Heritage Foundation, Queertopia.za returns, Joe Kay brings Soulection to Jozi

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Strings attached: Johannesburg musician Tiya says that the guitar is integral to her life and it plays a large role on her new EP Corvus. Photo: Radiya

Tiya: A novel approach to music

The singer-songwriter evokes literature to write emotions on her latest record

Bongeziwe Mabandla. Photo by Jonx Pillemer

An intimate album for the times

Bongeziwe Mabandla’s new offering is different, but the lyrical content is as true as ever

Bongeziwe Mabandla: ‘I really wanted to make it feel genuine’

Mabandla reaches deep within and the music flows anew

"Mangaliso is his second album, a spiritual exploration rooted in traditional Xhosa sounds with the addition of mbaqanga, electronica and hip-hop."

Falsetto singer Bongeziwe Mabandla.

Music, but not for the masses

New initiative Littlegig is well-intentioned and puts on a good show, but remains a commodity that functions only to confirm middle-class privilege.

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Bongeziwe Mabandla keeps the fire burning

Bongeziwe Mabandla’s entrancing redefinition of folk and traditional music belies his youth

Sweet reason: Bongeziwe Mabandla. Photo: Oupa Nkosi

A ‘brown band’ star is born

Bongeziwe Mabandla writes beautiful songs about terrible things. Lloyd Gedye meets the man who quit acting to make music.