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High School dropout Lucas raps his way to success

Many would-be rappers would like to ditch school and become hip hop stars instead - but at 17 LucasRaps has already arrived.

A borrowed guitar changed Mduduzi’s life

Mduduzi Ncube agreed with his mother that he should be a doctor, but then a guitar changed his mind and changed the course of his life.

Compassion in song

With his Afro pop-house hit single, Hamba Kahle, Mbongeni “Moh” Mavuso gives comfort to those who have lost loved ones to Covid-19.

Shoemaker invents giant Covid shoes

After a Romanian shoemaker noticed that people weren’t taking social distancing seriously enough, he designed a pair of shoes that would force them to.

Ayra’s debut tops charts 24 hours after release

The 18-year-old singer Ayra Starr’s self-titled debut album knocked afrobeat giant Wizkid off Apple Music’s top spot, just a day after its release on Thursday.

A brief history of those who went out with a bang

Dying in the act happens more often than you might think.

Tebogo’s booty brings in the bounty – but don’t touch!

Tebogo Thobejane is like a walking ATM. The beautiful socialite and actress walks into a club, spends three hours mingling with guests, and walks out with a cool R20,000 in her back pocket.

Can the best dressed man also be the best dressed woman?

In the #BussItChallenge, Siv Ngesi's deploying his drag queen alter ego "Sivanna" to see if he can dress as well as a woman.

will.i.am apologises for ripping off DJ Lag

American award winning pop star will.i.am has paid for his sin of ripping off DJ Lag’s 2016 Gqom song ‘Iced Drop’ without attribution.

Elaine is following in Brenda’s footsteps

Elaine is following in the footsteps of the great Brenda Fassie, selling thousands of units of just one song and becoming one of the very few South African female artists to do so.

Nigeria’s teen sensations shoot for the next galaxy

A group of young filmmakers in Nigeria have captured the attention of Hollywood producers for their short homemade sci-fi epics.

Retelling the stories of Africa’s great women through sight and sound

'Again She Reigns', an audiovisual project by the electronic music duo Batuk, rewrites the stories of strong and misjudged African women.

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