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The National Arts Festival has announced that the call for the 2023 National Arts Festival Curated Programme is open. The Curated Programme is the Festival’s multi-disciplinary offering, selected from proposals submitted by artists locally and abroad. The NAF programme also features a Fringe, comprising works that are not curated but brought to the Festival and …

The voting portal for the 2022 edition of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) will be opened on Sunday, September 25, at 21:00 (CAT), to the public, globally, to decide the winners of each of the 39 award categories. The International Committee of the All Africa Music Award (AFRIMA), in conjunction with the African Union …

The International Executive Committee of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) (https://www.AFRIMA.org), in conjunction with the African Union Commission (AUC), released the official list of nominees for the 2022 edition. Culled from a total of 9,067 entries submitted- the highest number ever recorded by the awards, since its inception – the AFRIMA jury selected a …

Thursday, 25 August 2022 – The wait is finally over. FAME Week Africa officially opened yesterday at the Cape Town International Convention Centre highlighting the important role that the creative and cultural industries play in a countries’ economic development. City of Cape Town’s, Alderman JP Smith said, “Cape Town is a city with unrivalled culture …

After getting a push from her producer [Wilson Okafor], Viwo has finally given in to finding her voice and creating her music since professionally boarding her music career in 2015. Her musical background includes being a backing vocalist for the well-known South African neo-soul extraordinaire Zonke Dikana. She nurtures her childhood passion that began in …

Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture, Nathi Mthethwa, has paid tribute to musical icon, Tokollo Tshabalala, affectionately known as “Magesh,” for his contribution to the sector. According to reports, Tshabalala passed away on Monday, due to an epileptic seizure. The Minister said Tshabalala was a renowned musician who was famously known for his immense contribution …

Cape Town, August, 09, 2022 – RX Africa’s creative and cultural industry show, FAME Week Africa provides a platform for creatives, brands, organisations and policymakers to connect with each other in order create more business opportunities to strengthen the creative industry, and by doing so helping economies thrives. “In order to ensure the success of …

Cape Town, August 10, 2022 – Sisters are doing it for themselves – and FAME Week Africa will be broadcasting their talents live from FAME Week Africa from 24-26 August at CTICC in the Host City of Cape Town. These are the women who are creating waves – and surfing them – across the various …

Joining the events taking place at FAME Week Africa, Muziki Africa will be the music business event, which unites, connects, serves and supports the African music ecosystem to exchange, create, play, forge relationships and shape the future of the industry. With a rich 3-day programme of content sessions, workshops, networking events and live performances, music …

President Cyril Ramaphosa has expressed his sadness at the passing of author, poet and activist Donato “Don” Francisco Mattera. Mattera passed at the age of 87 on Monday. The President expressed his deep sympathy to Mattera’s family, friends, neighbours and comrades, and the leadership of the Don Mattera Foundation. “As a nation, we are saddened …