One night in 2019, DJ Kgaogelo Moagi, better known as Master KG, called up singer Nomcebo to come to his Johannesburg studio to record a song. “‘But it’s very late,’” Nomcebo recalled telling him.

Just around 10 million people speak isiZulu, a language out of South Africa. So how did a song in the little-known dialect become a hit with billions of people around the world? The song in question ...

In response to a call from President Cyril Ramaphosa to mark the country's Heritage Day holiday Thursday, people from townships to posh suburbs are doing line dances to the tune. JOHANNESBURG — South ...

JOHANNESBURG/CAPE TOWN, Sept 24 (Reuters) - From Sao Paulo to Sweden, thousands of people around the world, including priests, police, ministers and frontline workers, have posted clips of themselves ...

It’s roughly 15 minutes before my scheduled Zoom interview with the South African dance music maestro Master KG and he’s just posted a clip on his Instagram feed showing him and Akon hanging out at a ...

The last time I witnessed something close to the current dance craze of last year’s South African hit song Jerusalema by Master KG and Nomcebo Zikode I was a schoolboy. The breakdance was the in-thing ...

Open Mic Productions has responded to allegations made by South African singer Nomcebo Zikode over unpaid royalties after featuring on Master KG's hit song Jerusalema. On Sunday morning, Nomcebo took ...

I first heard Jerusalema last March. I remember the precise date, because it was the day my high school told us we weren’t going back for the rest of the year. My mother was sitting on the couch, ...

PRETORIA - The court wrangle over the song 'Jerusalema' continues, with Open Mic Productions defending its handling of royalties. But singer Nomcebo Zikode's record label wants the company to comply ...

ASHLAND — From Southern Africa to Austria, Germany, India and Spain, the viral dance challenge "Jerusalema" has been filmed throughout the world — and now in Ashland. More than two dozen people ...

The Dingle Coast Guard filmed their own take on the viral #Jerusalema dance challenge, but have since been told by upper management that they cannot "produce dance videos for social media." The Dingle ...