Fashioning Modern Africanism

Event promoters Glen 21 Entertainment in association with McDonald’s and KayaFM, today announced the local acts to support Toni Braxton on her "As Long As I Live" SA Tour. Platinum selling artist Shekhinah alongside DJ Hudson will support Toni Braxton on tour in Johannesburg and Cape Town  Shekhinah Having established herself as a national treasure  post her stint on IDOLS, Shekhinah became a household name after her 2016 hit single “Back to the Beach”. She also featured on the Black Coffee single, “Your Eyes”, and the Jesse Clegg single “Breathing” in the same year, raising her to stardom.   This multi-award winning musical Sensation   has performed across the continent and has collaborated with several international artists and local brands. Her recent album ‘ Rosegold ’ is currently the highest streamed album in the country and is certified platinum. While in the country, Toni Braxton is also set to visit the Ronald McDonald House Charities South Africa in ass

Monday Afternoon I met up with Jerry Deeuw  a Johannesburg based Media Mogul in the making, the very bubbly and passionate about his work man grew up in Thaba-nchu in Free state province and completed his studies at a business college in Bloemfontein. He moved to Johannesburg in 1999. After more than a decade years of experience, he then decided to open shop in 2010 and that was the birth of Jerry Deeuw Media . Since then the media maverick dabbled to grow his business that is now at a peak of it's growth stage. Romley : Tell me more about Jerry Deeuw Media? Jerry : The Company is in demand for collaborations with Big companies, unfortunately I can’t name drop now but I will reveal more about that soon. Jerry Deeuw Media is basically a one stop shop in the Entertainment and Cooperate space. We have an international collaboration with a PR Company in Europe ( Big news ever) We also just signed a partnership with a Gaming Company called TAM Gaming ( also Big News)"

Hot off the studio, former Idols SA, contestant Lloyiso Gijana releases his latest single titled ‘Intliziyo’ . The much-anticipated offering is a soulful tune layered with emotional lyrics. ‘Intliziyo’ is for the people who do not feel enough for the people they claim to love, it could be a partner or family member. “This is to say take back the heart that I had taken away from you, I do not want it anymore because I do not want to hurt you anymore”, explains Lloyiso’ ‘Intliziyo’ features songwriter and performer, Langa Mavuso born Nkosinathi Nhlakanipho Mavuso, who adds a very distinctive voice to the song “I feel amazing. I feel the song resonates with my soul; it is something I have always felt. I felt like I was not enough, or I do not do enough for a woman. Sometimes you must sacrifice your heart and your soul for others to satisfy them or make them happy,” says Lloyiso. With the intention to leave a creative footprint in this song, Loyiso added his creative fla

My Dearest Family – across the entire queer spectrum My name is Bev Ditsie. I am one of the founders of the 1st Pride March in 1990, and alumni of one of the first multiracial/multicultural LGBTQI+ organisations on the continent, The Gay and Lesbian Organisation of the Witwatersrand, GLOW. This love letter is long overdue I know. I’ve been silently and not so silently watching and listening to the debates, the recriminations, denials and PR spin in relation to Pride, and silently bleeding while deflecting the annual obligatory requests for media interviews. For the past 20 years or so this time of the year has been a very painful time for me. This is the time where I am reminded of my failure as an activist and leader, and our collective failure not just as LGBTQI+ people/organisations/movements, but also as a country. This is the time of the year where I mourn the loss of the dream that began the first Pride March in 1990. Allow me to be nostalgic.