Afrikaans

SAVE the Boo!-ing for London   After six years of hiBoo!nation, Boo! has arose from its silent slumber to return with a loud bang to London for a few gatskop concerts.

Everyone wants a piece of the guy from CY (that's Bellville for those not in the know!). He is the Afrikaans oke who raps lyrical about his love for his home turf as well as his adoration for brandy and a braai. "I like frying a beat like I'm braaing...

Classical is cool, sassy and sexy as two South Africans have added their own flair to the classics with medleys of Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Queen. They are known as The Blondes and their second CD is called Blondes 2. Their first CD included music by music by Bach, Mozart, ABBA...

South African zef rappers Die Antwoord, who have a new deal with major label Interscope, had a 20-minute slot on the schedule at Coachella festival in California, held 16-18 April.

The big winner of the night at the South African Music Awards on Saturday was KZN kwaito artist Big Nuz who walked away with three awards - and three big ones at that! Scooping Album of the Year as well as Best Kwaito Album for his album Undisputed and Record...

Damn! I was in Amsterdam to perform at a boat party and all I could hear was people questioning me about Die Antwoord. This reminded me of Mujava before Township Funk came out in Europe. And I can tell you, this buzz is bigger!

The Afrikaans music scene has received a lot of international exposure recently, the likes of rap rave from Die Antwoord and a bit of Jack Parow Cooler as Ekke creeping in. One who has been around for far longer, is Kurt Darren. With a legion of fans in the wake...

March is when the world goes green for the first two weeks and liquid diets of the black gold become the done thing. Moving away from all things Irish, we take your tastebuds around the world on a tantalising magic carpet ride across continents, from exotic Asia to spicy central...

SA PROMO Magazine has two pairs of tickets to give away to Afrikhaki on 9 April, at Clapham Grand in London. Kurt Darren will be headlining Afrikhaki, with Arno Jordaan as support. As well as winning a pair of tickets, you will also win either a Kurt Darren CD or...

The 2010 South African Music Award nominations were announced on 4 March. The SAMAs recognise music across many of South Africa's 11 languages, including South Sotho, Tsonga, Venda, Mghaqanga and more Of all the categories, there are 10 specific categories devoted to Afrikaans music, as below.

Living outside Manchester, we went to discover the only South African restaurant in the north west, a little diamond in the rough on the outskirts of Chester, overlooking the Manchester Ship Canal.

Die liedtjie Ek wil lewe vir more is Hugo Nieuwoudt's se nuutse. Die 36-jarige sanger, wat jou dadelik met sy stem, aantreklike blou oe en sjarme bekoor, is gebore in KZN, groot geword in Vrystaat en Gauteng en mens geword het in die mooiste Kaap en woon steeds in die...

The first single Voor Ons Stof Word from Van Coke Kartel's new album Skop, Skiet en Donner, released in March 2010.

Last week saw an online frenzy of all things 'Die Antwoord'. Translated as 'The Answer' - this rap-rave inter-reality from the mother city have rippled across the interweb with the speed of a world class b boy on speed!

Music Video, home made, to go with a song by Leon Schuster, PALE TOE, dedicated to the legend NAAS BOTHA, a well known South African rugby player (fly-half)

Shakespeare asserted that ‘the course of true love never did run smooth’. In A Midsummer Night Dream, we see an ultimatum, a magic potion, a series of mishaps and some confusion before harmony is restored and the lovers are paired as fate would have it.

We asked some of you for the low down on what you love about South Africa, how you promote it to non-South Africans and why they just must go visit, as well as what makes you most proudly South African.

South African Comdian Casper de Vries, funny video clip "Irak in Iqak". Afrikaans.

Zinkplaat is 'n Afrikaanse musiekgroep uit Stellenbosch wat in 2003 as 18-jariges tot die veel ouer Afrikaanse mark toegetree het met hul debuut 'Karoo Poison'.

Pille vir Kersfees Afrikaanse Musiek Video deur Die Heuwels is Fantasies aka DHF, Musiek Video vir Afrikaanse groep DHF, www.dieheuwels.co.za, Supra Familias

Die Heuwels Fantasties ft. Jack Parow - Die Vraagstuk musiek video.

Music video for the Afrikaans superstar rapper Jack Parow.COOLER AS EKKE!!!

Ek is 'n 19 jarige student by die Universiteit van Pretoria. Ek het groot geword in Pretoria-Noord en bly nogsteeds hier.

Ek bly al my hele lewe lank in Akasia, Pretoria- Noord, en en glo dit on nie ek het nog nie een keer getrek nie. Toe ek 'n kleuter was het ek my bure geken, maar hulle almal het al weg getrek. Suid- Afrika is een van die plekke met...

Ek woon al vandat ek 6 jaar oud was in Pretoria-Noord, aan die voet van die Magaliesberg. Ek was hier in Laerskool Danie Malan en later in Hoërskool Pretoria-Noord. Ek verruil ons klimaat vir geen ander plek nie.

I’ve been listening to the new Zinkplaat CD in the car for the last two weeks and have found myself sitting with the engine off, outside my house - twice - just so I could listen to the end of the disc! That hasn’t happened since listening to Barney Simon’s...