Five-time Grammy Award winning LadysmithBlack Mambazo will be hosting the first ever annual Isicathamiya awards, theCothoza Music Awards (COMAs), on 22 June at The Durban Playhouse. These awards have ...

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 ...

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 ...

After winning the acapella singing competition The Sing-Off in 2015, there has been no turning back for scathamiya group Thee Legacy. Now four years after releasing their self-titled debut album, the ...

Isicathamiya is an a cappella singing style anchored in Zulu culture - Copyright AFP Jaafar ASHTIYEH Isicathamiya is an a cappella singing style anchored in Zulu ...

Loops, who is a folk pop sensation reached out to legendary, multi-grammy award winning, Ladysmith Black Mambazo who are known for their isicathamiya music and they quickly formed a connection. In a ...

The name isicathamiya music doesn’t exactly roll off Western tongues. The singing style, pronounced is-cot-a-ME-Ya, was developed by mine workers in South Africa. Out of hard times came beautiful, ...

Multi Grammy award-winning Ladysmith Black Mambazo founder Joseph Shabalala has fulfilled his longtime dream for the isicathamiya music to be recognised as a national music treasure and cultural ...

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 ...

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 the recent Saturday night at a ...