We sing about our lives, about the community. Many people here don't have jobs. But when they sing, they don't think about crime or doing bad things. Singing makes us strong. It's a stormy Saturday ...

Grammy award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo is continuing its mission to preserve and promote the rich heritage of isicathamiya music. The group's founder Joseph Shabalala died in 2020 in Pretoria at ...

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 ...

Ladysmith Black Mambazo is the most famous practitioner of the a cappella singing style derived from traditional South African isicathamiya music. A quarter-century after its formation, the group ...

KwaZulu-Natal isicathamiya group Kholwa Brothers received a warm welcome at King Shaka international airport on Wednesday after they were crowned world champions on Saturday in Los Angeles. Derrick ...

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 ...

3 Review: THE FOOL'S GUIDE... TO LIVING AND DYING at The Baxter Flipside Phuphuma Love Minus is a flamboyantly, afro centric music ensemble specialising in Isicathamiya music. Rooted to the Zulu ...

South African male choir Phuphuma Love Minus are performing Imfihlakalo Yezulu in Paris. The troop celebrate a singing and dancing tradition known as Isicathamiya. Through its a cappella chant and ...

Durban (South Africa) (AFP) – 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 ...

A a cappella group performs in a street adjacent to the Natal Playhouse Theatre during a rehearsal ahead of the 2023 edition of the Isicathamiya Festival in Durban, on 23 September 2023. (Photo by ...