Shazam, an application that can identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows, based on a short sample played and using the microphone on the device, on Tuesday announced that Master KG’s ...

Master KG , the South African DJ behind the global pop hit "Jerusalema", performs at the Sand Festival on the beaches of Lake Malawi on November 1. [AFP] When coronavirus placed the world in lockdown, ...

Just around 10 million people speak isiZulu, a language out of South Africa. So how did a song in the little-known dialect become a hit with billions of people around the world? The song in question ...

One night in 2019, DJ Kgaogelo Moagi, better known as Master KG, called up singer Nomcebo to come to his Johannesburg studio to record a song. “‘But it’s very late,’” Nomcebo recalled telling him.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Eric Fuller covers music, live entertainment globally and Hollywood. I learned something new recently: Shazam maintains a list of ...

PRETORIA - The court wrangle over the song 'Jerusalema' continues, with Open Mic Productions defending its handling of royalties. But singer Nomcebo Zikode's record label wants the company to comply ...

Through the University of Fort Hare, Akhona Ndzuta receives funding from the NRF. Apart from the song’s omnipresence on the sound systems of a cross-section of socio-economic neighbourhoods across ...

In response to a call from President Cyril Ramaphosa to mark the country's Heritage Day holiday Thursday, people from townships to posh suburbs are doing line dances to the tune. JOHANNESBURG — South ...

Helmer Ralph Ziman’s “Jerusalema” is South Africa’s submission for consideration in the foreign film category at the Oscars, while helmer Maris Martinsons’ debut feature, “Loss,” will represent ...