South Africa Imposes U.S., U.K. Travel Ban as Coronavirus Hits Production Hub

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.

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

Award-winning South African rapper Nasty C has signed an exclusive pact with Def Jam Recordings through a joint venture with Universal Music Africa. He’ll make his official U.S. debut when his new single “There They Go” premieres on Apple Music Beats 1 with Ebro Darden today (March 26 at 4:30 p.m. ET).

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.

The Kiffness knows how to make a statement. At the moment, the star is taking on SAMPRA and the SABC to ensure that artists are paid the royalties they are entitled to, dropped a new single titled ‘Wiggle’ with Nathan Ro and continues to make South Africans laugh during this chaotic time. However, he wants his audience to remember that staying at home is the best thing we can do to stop the COVID-19 virus from spreading – so he made a song about it.

South African producers are demanding an “urgent all-industry response” to the threat posed by coronavirus, with a leading industry body calling for a coordinated plan from broadcasters and government agencies to address the potential economic fallout of the global pandemic on the local film and TV biz.

More LGBTQ+ events have now been postponed because of the growing threat of coronavirus in South Africa.

By Jake Kanter

By Jake Kanter

Amazon Studios has pulled the plug on “Love Island France,” which was shooting outside of Cape Town, as the coronavirus pandemic that has disrupted production across the globe spreads to the South African film and TV industry.

There’s never been a better time to test. People who are HIV positive and not on treatment are at higher risk of experiencing more serious complications if they contract the Coronavirus (or Covid-19).

Twenty-eight-year-old Charl-Jaquairdo van Helsdingen from Johannesburg was recently named Mr Gay World South Africa.

Africa’s close commercial links with Beijing, combined with our poor health system, put Africa’s 1.3 billion inhabitants on the list of those vulnerable for the coronavirus. Government reports less than a handful of cases have made their way to our continent – one in Egypt, one in Algeria and one in Nigeria.