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This list of South African musicians includes notable individual musicians as well as musical ensembles whose members are South African by birth or nationality. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born in Langa, Cape Town on 3 November 1964, [6] the youngest of nine children. She was named after the American singer Brenda Lee. [6] Her father died when she was only two years old; with the help of her mother, a pianist, she soon started earning money by singing for tourists.
Tsakani "TK" Mhinga (23 November 1978 – 27 February 2006) was a multiple SAMA award winning South African R&B singer, arranger and songwriter. In her lifetime she unquestionably occupied South Africa's R&B throne and was one of the country's prominent vocalists.
Just 23 when “Loliwe” was released, Zahara was a sensation and immediately compared with Fassie, who also died young at 39. Zahara won 17 South African music awards, was also recognized in ...
Jonathan Paul Clegg, OBE OIS (7 June 1953 – 16 July 2019) was a South African musician, singer-songwriter, dancer, anthropologist and anti-apartheid activist.. He first performed as part of a duo - Johnny & Sipho - with Sipho Mchunu which released its first single, Woza Friday in 1976.
Hugh Ramapolo Masekela (4 April 1939 – 23 January 2018) [1] was a South African trumpeter, flugelhornist, cornetist, singer and composer who was described as "the father of South African jazz". Masekela was known for his jazz compositions and for writing well-known anti-apartheid songs such as "Soweto Blues" and "Bring Him Back Home".
As a result, her music was banned in South Africa, [26] and her South African citizenship and right to return were revoked. [12] [13] Makeba thus became stateless, but she was soon issued passports by Algeria, [61] Guinea, Belgium and Ghana. [43] Throughout her lifetime she held nine passports [49] and was granted honorary citizenship in ten ...
Latozi Mpahleni (25 December 1943 – 23 December 2022), better known by her clan name Madosini, was a South African musician, singer, and cultural custodian.She was celebrated for her mastery of traditional Xhosa musical instruments such as the uhadi (gourd bow), umrhubhe (mouth bow), and isitolotolo (Jew's harp).