ESINAM and Sibusile Xaba: Presenting The Duo’s Debut Album, Healing Voices
Sawubona. There could be many outcomes from the meeting of two people. It could be a life-long friendship. Co-operation in riots. Or, like ESINAM and Sibusile Xaba, to play music…
ESINAM and Sibusile Xaba: Ghana and Mzansi Meet To Sing A Healing Voice
Sawubona. Beyond the migration and borders that divide Africa, it seems the two were not capable enough to divide the music Africans make among themselves. This is proof with the…
Safe Energy: 15 Questions For The Visionary Soweto Folk Musician
Sawubona. After the release of his third EP Injabulo, I got to catch up with the brother Safe Energy. We talked music, legends and his EP. If you had to…
SAFE ENERGY: Soweto Folk Musician Releases Third EP, Injabulo
“The Youth Is Safe With Safe Energy” – Forest Ramushwana Sawubona. You know, A boxer can jab a few times, before he can throw the inevitable hook. Brother Lindokuhle Njabulo…
SAFE ENERGY: The Visionary Song-dreamer of the Mzansi Sound
At least once in a musician’s life, they stand on a stage and realise they are exactly where they are supposed to be. For Lindokuhle Njabulo Hadebe — known to…
A RAPPER NAMED SHAUNIAC: Revisiting His Debut Album, Family, Friends and Foes
Of Mics and Philosophers ShauniaC, born Zamokuhle Kubheka, is a rapper from Madadeni, Newcastle, but with a mind that has travelled all 30+ Newcastles of the world. His KwaZulu Newcastle,…
A RAPPER NAMED SHAUNIAC: 15 Questions For The Madadeni Wordsmith.
Sawubona. I got to catch with ubhuti Zamokuhle Kubheka, a.k.a ShauniaC. We talked Rap, Newcastle Hip Hop and his debut album, Family, Friends and Foes. What emerged was a portrait…
HOLA KAU: A Tribute To The Street Sound Of Zola, Soweto
Sawubona. As a kid when watching television, I used to think it was impossible to be so deep in thought, that you fill a cup with tea until it overflows.…
BOPHA BLACKMAN AFM: The Rapper And Drummer Straight Outta Zola
The Man Behind The Mic and Drum In the heart of Zola, Soweto, a voice is reshaping the sound of township storytelling. Bopha Blackman AFM is not just another rapper…
THE TRILL IS GINGER: One Year Anniversary Of His “Because I Said So” Album
ARTIST: Ginger Trill Sawubona. From Clipse making a heavy comeback after 26 years, to Ginger Trill dropping an album we didn’t even know we were waiting for -2025 was a…