Music
Ray Phiri: the Stimela guitarist who played on Paul Simon’s Graceland
Ray Phiri, born in Mpumalanga, led the South African band Stimela and became one of the country's most…
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Music
Sipho “Hotstix” Mabuse: the Soweto musician behind Burn Out
Sipho "Hotstix" Mabuse, born in Soweto in 1951, played drums with the band Harari before becoming a solo…
Arts + Culture
A groaner, three singers and a band that invented a style: Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens
Mahlathini and the Mahotella Queens were brought together in Johannesburg in 1964 by producer Rupert Bopape at Gallo.…