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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.
Du Plessis shot to fame in 2017 when he released his song Kaas elke dag, with his 2018 album Lewe being nominated for a South African Music Award (SAMA) in the best Afrikaans pop album category. He released his second album, The Party Starter , in 2019, and his third album, Vreemdeling , in 2023.
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 ...
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.
Tributes are pouring in for South Africa's Oscar-nominated anti-apartheid jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, who has died at the age of 83. With driving music that fired up Black South ...
South Africa jazz trombonist and composer Jonas Gwangwa, whose music powered the anti-apartheid struggle, died on Saturday aged 83, the presidency said. President Cyril Ramaphosa led the tributes ...
Bulelwa Mkutukana (9 November 1987 – 11 December 2023), known by her stage name Zahara, was a South African singer, songwriter and guitarist.Her music was classified loosely as "Afro-soul", and she sang in Xhosa, her native language, as well as in English.
Mbongeni Ngema (10 May 1955 – 27 December 2023) was a South African playwright, lyricist, composer, director, choreographer, and theatre producer, best known for co-writing the 1981 play Woza Albert! and co-writing (with Hugh Masekela) the 1988 musical Sarafina!.