The South African Music Awards Postponed Amid Covid-19 Pandemic

Maye Musk is feeling herself and Grimes’ music.

Manchester United legends Ryan Giggs and Nicky Butt have helped the club set-up a South African talent scheme.

In an emergency shout out to all South Africans and corporates SHOUT SA have created a new public service initiative with SMD Technologies called SHOUT4MASKS (Shout4masks.co.za) to help raise money to buy masks directly from factories to avoid profiteering middle men in order to urgently get them to health carers and patients.

Take a trip to the Mother City, the capital of South Africa - Cape Town, a place where two oceans meet.

English pop sensation Rita Ora has fast-become one of the most influential women in pop music. She has had an incredible career since she first burst onto the scene back in 2008. It was then when she signed a massive deal with Roc Nation and ultimately went on to dropping her debut album ‘Ora’ in 2012.

YouTube recently announced a jam-packed line-up for its Stay Home #WithMe festival this Easter weekend. Kicking off on Good Friday, the line-up includes performances from some of the continent’s heavyweights in Benjamin Dube, Mthunzi Namba, Nosa and Glowreeyah Braimah.

It has just been revealed that former Jam Alley presenter and Generations actress Vinolia ‘VMash’ Mashego has passed. It’s been reported by various news sources that VMash died in her sleep on Friday, April, 3rd.

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.

A new report on violence perpetrated against LGBTQI individuals in Botswana, Kenya, Malawi, South Africa and Uganda has been published.

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.

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).

As the country prepares to enter lockdown to flatten the curve of the Covid-19 coronavirus infection rate, former Miss South Africa and Miss Universe Demi-Leigh Tebow has shared a heart-warming message to South Africans during this difficult time.

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.