When you think of isicathamiya, the last thing you might expect is for the youth to latch on to this sound. Times have changed and youngsters are embracing our more traditional sounds as is the case ...

Foot stomping, lyrical, gospel -- Zulu Choral music has it all! Professor Elizabeth Gunner's Powerpoint presentation focuses on this wonderful genre, and the transitions in the music from its ...

Every little detail counts in an isicathamiya competition: the harmony, the choreography, the costumes, the entrance on stage, the exit and, of course, the singing. On Saturday night at a Durban ...

Five-time Grammy Award-winning group Ladysmith Black Mambazo is set to headline a two-day concert at the Wild Coast Sun, Tropical Night Theatre, in Bizana, Eastern Cape. The concert, taking place on ...

The inaugural Cothoza Awards were dished out in Durban last night amid a fine display of tradition, writes Phumlani S Langa A cappella and isicathamiya are traditional Zulu music genres that are ...

Members of a traditional Isicathamiya group pose for a photo outside the Natal Playhouse Theatre during an Isicathamiya concert in Durban, South Africa, on Saturday. The concert includes several ...

Joseph Shabalala was the affable leader of Ladysmith Black Mambazo, a men’s group that sang isicathamiya, a traditional Zulu genre of South African a cappella. Even with heavy hearts at his passing, a ...

DURBAN (SOUTH AFRICA) - Every little detail counts in an isicathamiya competition: the harmony, the choreography, the costumes, the entrance on stage, the exit and, of course, the singing. On Saturday ...