Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. It's Saturday night and the streets of Johannesburg's Newtown section are thumpin'. South Africans usually avoid the ...

The annual Mzansi Kwaito and House Music Awards (MKHMA) are set to return for their sixth edition in November and the plan is to have the events live at Sun City's Super Bowl - provided the Covid-19 ...

“We just wanted to make good music,” says electronic music producer Jakinda. “When we met, neither of us went into the studio thinking ‘we want to make future kwaito’, but after dropping our EP, ...

Kwaito artist dedicates his album to the genre. Photo: Supplied Nkosinathi Nkosi, popularly known as Smega Nathi has dedicated a tribute album to kwaito. Released in February, the album draws instant ...

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 ...

Women before her have inspired her not to give up on her dreams and today every sacrifice she has made since the beginning of her career is paying off. As a young girl, she watched artists like the ...

Eish! Skeem Saam is always serving us life lessons like we're in school and this week the show touched a serious nerve when Kwaito bailed his mom out of her financial struggles. Y'all remember how ...

Grant Clark goes to Johannesburg to explore the origins of Kwaito music and find out why it has become the voice of urban youth in the new South Africa. When people think of Johannesburg - their first ...

Hammanskraal kwaito star Mandla Mokoena has shot down suggestions kwaito is dying. The Kanana-born artist known as Mindlos was responding suggestion that the genre was hot on the heels of its recently ...

Just nine days ago, South African kwaito legend Mandoza performed at a national concert, despite his family announcing days earlier that he had been diagnosed with brain cancer. The 38-year-old singer ...

Marking three years of performing at the DStv Delicious Festival this year, Ungawa Kum hitmaker Thebe Mogane, known as Thebe Lenyora or just Thebe, says it still feels like the first time and fans ...