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Princess of Africa: Yvonne Chaka Chakawill be among the performers at the DStv Delicious Festival this weekend. Photo: Cristina Aldehuela/AFP

Yvonne Chaka Chaka to honour Miriam Makeba at DStv Delicious Festival

The singer will pay homage to legendary artists such as ‘Mama Africa’ and Brenda Fassie

Multi award-winning South African entertainer J’Something today announced his upcoming INDOOR Tour, launching in Cape Town mid-September, before moving on to Durban and Johannesburg in the later part of the year. Photo: Supplied

10 years in, there’s still Something about J

From Stimela’s ‘Zwakala’ to ‘Ain’t No Sunshine’ by Bill Withers’, J Something’s new Indoor tour promises to be a nostalgic thrill.

Although critics accuse private schools of perpetuating inequality
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PODCAST: Bad blood in Graceland

In this Sound Africa podcast Lungile Sojini revisits the story of the Graceland album

“I am German when we win, but I am an immigrant when we lose.” — Mesut Özil (DW)

This beautiful land is your land

Claimants told sad tales of dispossession but they are determined to realise their dreams

Ray Phiri

Rest in Peace

They left us in 2017

There must be a consensual reform of the electoral system, certainly before the planning of any new elections, to avoid the post-election conflicts that have festered for the past 17 months.

May the sun never set on Ray

Ray Phiri was instrumental in ­creating the sound of a ­nation and a generation

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Ray Phiri is hooked on reinvention

Editorial: Hambani kahle, omkhulu

Ray Phiri and Johnny Mekoa survived apartheid, succumbing to mortality while leaving behind exemplary legacies.

The MultiChoice Group’s active customers for all its regions, including South Africa, dropped from 17.3 million to 15.7 million over the year.

Writing Ray between the lines

Behind the legend, Ray Phiri was a deep thinker who was generous with his time and wisdom

Singer-songwriter and guitarist Ray Phiri is hooked on reinvention

Many rivers for Phiri to cross

Stimela’s beloved storyteller constantly indulged his thirst for learning and his quest for meaning.

Mystery of the lost Mandela song

Nic Hofmeyr tells the secret history of "The People Want Mandela" and how it has been salvaged for generations to come.

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Great SA Song: Stimela – Whispers in the Deep

In this series, the <i>M&G</i> chooses songs that say something about what it means to be South African.