In much of the world, house music has already had its day — but in South Africa, it is pop music. Here's why this musical genre has remained king. If you travel to South Africa, you will hear house ...

In 2025 house music is such a globally popular and varied genre that its origins in early 1980s Chicago warehouses seem improbable. But the myth of house music of course starts right there in the ...

The South African music scene mourns the loss of DJ and producer Poizen (Caven Masetla). Poizen, from Tzaneen in Limpopo, died in a car accident near Polokwane on August 30. He was travelling with ...

Cape Town-born producer DWSON has steadily carved out a name for himself as one of South Africa’s most forward-thinking musicians. Cape Town-born producer DWSON has steadily carved out a name for ...

NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Shimmy Jiyane and Latroit about their new project to reimagine classic House tracks to tell the story of the roots of the genre – translated and sung by the choir in Zulu.

This piece originally appeared as part of Rolling Stone’s annual Hot List, in the July-August issue of the magazine. At Afropunk’s 2019 New Year’s Eve festival in South Africa, DJ Moma was scheduled ...