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Apple Music is shining a light on Mzansi’s greatest musical legends with its latest campaign, Amaqhawe (meaning “hero” in Xhosa, and “legend” in Zulu).
In honour of the country’s rich musical legacy and Heritage Day on 24 September, Amaqhawe celebrates the musical legacies of the South African musicians whose sounds influenced and continue to inspire the next generation of artistic voices.
The Amaqhawe dedicated space boasts four exclusively curated guest playlists from South African musical legends including songbird and entrepreneur Lira, Afrikaans pop icon Kurt Darren, the iconic pop group Mango Groove and Afro-soul doyenne Simphiwe Dana. The campaign will also feature a flagship Amaqhawe playlist featuring Mzansi’s biggest songs, across decades and multiple genres, including the likes of Brenda Fassie, Letta Mbulu and Johnny Clegg through to Miriam Makeba, Ladysmith Black Mambazo and Mandoza.
Grammy Award winning R&B and soul royalty, Anthony Hamilton, will be landing on South African soil this month. In anticipation, the Up Close & Personal show at SunBet Arena in Menlyn sold out quickly, but fans have another opportunity to book tickets to the second night that was recently added – Sunday, 24 September 2023.
Aligned to Heritage Day, fans are encouraged to wear traditional outfits to both shows, while being serenaded by the soothing sounds of the legendary singer Anthony Hamilton.
Climb aboard the soul train with earlier and latest sounds tracks – Charlene, Comin’ From Where I’m From, Best of Me, The Point of It All, Struggle No More, Do You Feel Me, Woo, Can’t Let Go, Pray for Me, and A Change is Gonna Come.
Tickets are live and available from Computicket, Shoprite and Checkers and range from: R450 – R2550.
EVENT DETAILS:
DATE:
Extra show, Sunday, 24 September 2023
TIME:
16h00
COST:
Range between R450 – R2550 (VVIP – includes welcome drinks and food)
VENUE:
SunBet Arena, Time Square, Menlyn, Pretoria, South Africa
Also, your show armband could win you cash, the ultimate Mercedes GLA 200 dream car or a five-year timeshare deal at the new luxury Lefika Villas at Sun City, in the Time Square EXPLORE promotion.
Each armband is equivalent to one entry into the competition draw if it is exchanged at the Explore Hub within 14 days of the show.
Conveniently, you could also enter if you decide to grab a pre-show bite to eat with the Show Night Buffet available at Tatso. The Buffet at The Maslow Time Square Hotel for a discounted R185 per person – click here.*This cost excludes beverages. ** Spend more than R500 to qualify for an EXPLORE entry.
For the duration of August, Apple TV app, will be spotlighting South African storytellers across TV and film in their Women In Power campaign. The work of Micaela Kleinsmith (My Kind of Country), Jodi Balfour (For All Mankind) and Lou Llobell (Foundation) harnesses their innate strength, stirs us to action and inspires us to imagine.
Micaela Kleinsmith showed a penchant for songwriting from the tender age of 14, and after a successful stint on SA Idols in 2016, went on to perform across almost every stage in and around Cape Town in order to hone her live skills. Her onstage vigour served her well as a contestant on the first season of Apple TV+’s My Kind of Country, as Micaela was first championed by masked country South African singer Orville Peck, before going on to be crowned the winner.
Jodi Balfour graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre & Performance at the University of Cape Town, before relocating to Canada and finally settling in Los Angeles, California. As Ellen Wilson in Apple TV+’s drama, For All Mankind, Jodi plays a budding engineer, who becomes one of NASA’s first female astronauts before fiercely pursuing a political career in season 3 that sees her elected as the nation’s 41st president in 1992.
London-based actress, Lou Llobell, grew up in South Africa after her Zimbabwean mother and Spanish father relocated to Pietermaritzburg when she was eight years old. In Apple TV+’s sci-fi series Foundation she portrays Gaal Dornick, a brilliant mathematical prodigy from the repressed water planet of Synnax. Recruited by Hari Seldon, Gaal becomes an integral part of his plan to preserve civilization.
Fresh from his whirlwind world stadium tour that saw him make history by becoming the first African artist to headline a stadium show in the USA, Burna Boy is bringing his show stopping ways back to South Africa.
The Grammy award winning Nigerian singer and songwriter will continue his tour in Johannesburg, South Africa at the FNB Stadium on 23 September 2023.
The Last, Last hit maker made waves in South Africa when he headlined the Delicious Festival last year to a rousing fanfare. Followers and supporters of the African megastar will once again be mesmerised by his many hits including Ye, Bank On It and Anybody from acclaimed albums Love, Damini (2022), African Giant (2019) and Twice as Tall (2020) among others.
I’ve had the pleasure of seeing the Ndlovu Youth Choir perform at corporate events twice before, and they are truly talented! Now you can see them live in concert!
Following on from the phenomenal sold out success of the Ndlovu Youth Choir in Concert in Johannesburg and Cape Town in 2022, local promoter Showtime Management is pleased to announce the return of Ndlovu Youth Choir for five shows only in each city.
The Ndlovu Youth Choir’s SA Tour kicks off at Montecasino’s Teatro on Friday 25 August at 7:30pm followed by two performances on Saturday 26 August at 3pm and 7:30pm and two shows on Sunday, 27 August at 2pm and 6pm. Cape Town concerts at the Artscape take place on Friday, 13 October at 7:30pm; Saturday, 14 October at 3pm at 7:30pm and Sunday, 15 October at 2pm and 6pm. Tickets are now on sale at www.showtime.co.za or Ticketmaster.co.za.
Since its inception in 2009, the Ndlovu Youth Choir has become one of South Africa’s most treasured choral groups, also recognised globally for their unique sound, with recent tours across the USA and forthcoming tours to Germany and the Netherlands, which includes performances at the North Sea Jazz Festival in Rotterdam and the Carnegie Hall Summer Festival in Bryant Park, New York.
Mzansi Life & Style by Mishkah Roman-Cassiem 