6 Ways You Can Help Local Musicians During The Global Coronavirus Pandemic

The devastating coronavirus pandemic has seen the postponement or cancellation of hundreds of Pride events around the world in recent days. In response, a virtual Global Pride is set to take place on Saturday, 27 June.

Music certainly has the power to bring people together in the most magical way and as the country enters its fifth day of lockdown, some of the country’s most talented performing artists have come together to perform a beautiful rendition of our national anthem ‘Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika’ to illustrate that while alone in self-isolation, we remain united as a country.

Pastor Oscar Bougardt

Oprah Winfrey says she’s playing it safe when it comes to the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

Oprah Winfrey is playing it safe amid the coronavirus outbreak. Winfrey told The Associated Press on Friday that she has been quarantining and practicing social distancing at her home -- even if that means longtime partner Stedman Graham has to stay in the guest house.

NEW YORK -- Oprah Winfrey says she’s playing it safe when it comes to the rapidly spreading coronavirus.

As we enter the first day of lock down in South Africa, Global Citizen continues to use musicians as a source of entertainment, knowledge and to do good. This time, they’re hosting #TogetherAtHome live streamed concerts featuring massive global acts like Chris Martin, John Legend, Hozier, Shawn Mendes, Camila Cabello and more. Tonight, the spotlight will be on South African dance act Goodluck.

As festivals and sporting events around the world continue to get pushed out because of the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, it’s unsurprising that the South African Music Awards have announced that this year’s ceremony will also be postponed.

Anant Singh and Videovision Entertainment announced today that they will make available a selection of films produced by the company for free viewing online.  These hit films will be available during the lockdown period from Friday, 27 March through to Thursday, 16 April 2020.

We’re all stuck at home – and while we can’t control the situation we all find ourselves in with the outbreak of COVID-19, we can control what we do within our homes to take care of our own physical health. With 21 days in lockdown, people across South Africa are starting to embrace the idea of working out from home with a fitness regime that suits them best.

Fear, pride and hope. Those are some of the emotions South Africans felt after President Cyril Ramaphosa announcement that the country will undergo a national lockdown.

International Jazz Day—including its All-Star Global Concert on April 30—is the latest music event changing course in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. The ninth annual worldwide celebration was slated to take place in Cape Town and other cities across South Africa during the last week of April.However, partners and organizers of International Jazz Day are still planning to celebrate the occasion on April 30.

Olympic champion Cameron Van Der Burgh has been keeping a low profile over the past two weeks and now, in a lengthy statement on Twitter, the swimmer has revealed that he has been battling the coronavirus COVID-19 and that South Africans need to do everything they can to help stop the spread of the virus around the country.

Crown the Empire guitarist Brandon Hoover didn't think much of the scratchy throat he got earlier in March when the band returned from a tour of Asia and South Africa, even though his timeline was beginning to fill up with reports of bands cancelling or postponing tours because of the coronavirus pandemic.After all, he's a fit 27-year-old Los Angeles resident who goes to the gym five times and week, and he figured it was just a bad cold.