TikTok has announced a multi-year licensing agreement with the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) and Composers Authors and Publishers Association (CAPASSO)....
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Music Exchange (#MEX20), which celebrated its 10th edition this year, will be available to stream online until 30 September 2020...
Global non-profit organisation Women in Music (WIM) has launched a South African chapter as the country holds Women's Month in August. WIM works to educate, empower and advance women in the music industry...
The current global crisis has highlighted a number of areas, from the need for efficient information management to the need for accurate data gathering for faster medical response...
Amrote Abdella 26 May 2020
The world has found itself in an unimaginable moment of a global standstill. Although the devastating outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic sees us existing within great distance from each other, music as a universal language is powerful in bringing people together...
Issued by Kaya FM 95.9 29 Apr 2020
The Southern African Music Rights Organisation (Samro) has been working to offer its members some financial relief during the Covid-19 pandemic...
The Kiffness headlines K-Day this weekend in Cape Town and has a Number One song on iTunes at the moment with new single "Wiggle A Bit" with Nathan Ro. Martin Myers caught up with founder and brainchild David Scott...
Martin Myers 3 Mar 2020
The third Midem African Forum will be coming to the Bridges for Music Academy in Cape Town on 28 February 2020. The event will include keynote talks, masterclasses and workshops - which will be delivered by an array of international speakers...
The South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) and the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (Samro) have reached an agreement regarding the unpaid royalty fees of Samro's members...
Stage and recording artist icon David Kramer is set to deliver the keynote address at this year's Music Exchange (#MEX19)...
The 2019 instalment of Music Exchange entertainment-economy-focused conference (#MEX19) will be held at the Radisson Red Hotel at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town from 13 to 15 September 2019...
It was a slam dunk of note when Universal Music Group Africa (UMGA) picked up a total of 13 SAMA awards at the weekend's SAMA25 held in Sun City, North West...
Issued by OnPoint PR 6 Jun 2019
The 25th annual South African Music Awards took place at Sun City over the weekend and saw Sho Madjozi, Sjava and DJ Black Coffee dominate...
Terry Dempsey, a true 'Renaissance man' of the local and international music industry, has passed away...
Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) has announced the finalists of the 21st annual BASA Awards, partnered by Hollard...
Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 30 Aug 2018
The finalists of the 21st annual Basa Awards have been announced by the Business and Arts South Africa (Basa). The Basa Awards recognises the contributions of the business sector to the arts across all genres...
A number of Southern African Music Rights Organisation (Samro) overseas scholarship alumni performed at the Rabobank Amersfoort Jazz Festival in The Netherlands...
The Music Exchange (#MEX18) entertainment-economy-focused conference will be held at the Academy Of Sound Engineering studio complex in District 6 as well as the Sun Square Cape Town Gardens situated in Mill Street in the Cape Town CBD from 1-2 September 2018.
Copyright may be broadly defined as the exclusive right, in relation to work embodying intellectual content, to do or to authorise others to do certain acts in relation to that work...
Thando Zibi 28 Jun 2018
Newcomer Shekhinah dominated at the 24th edition of South African Music Awards (SAMA) held in Sun City, North West, on Saturday night, 2 June 2018. Shekhinah won Newcomer of the Year, Album of the Year and Female Artist of the Year.
The South African Copyright Alliance has written to the parliamentary portfolio committee on trade and industry on the provisions in the proposed Copyright Amendment Bill that, they believe, undermine creators' copyright...
The #CreativeUprising Conference will be held at the University of Johannesburg's Arts Centre from Thursday, 27 July, to Friday, 28 July...
The 23rd annual South African Music Awards (Samas) was held at the Sun City Superbowl on Saturday (27 May) and honoured the best of the best in the local music industry...
The Academic and Non-Fiction Authors' Association of South Africa (ANFASA) has recently awarded 24 South African authors with substantial grants, as part of the ANFASA Grant Scheme for Authors (AGSA)...
Tony Sanderson is the ‘doesn't look or sound like he's in his 70s' radio personality behind the success of Magic 828AM. He elaborates on how they're getting the broadcast model right and what's wrong with radio...
Leigh Andrews 14 Mar 2017
The Sophiatown-themed 19th annual Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) Awards were held on Friday night, 21 October, at Sun International's The Maslow Hotel.
The 2016 Wawela Music Awards (WMAs) winners were announced by the Southern African Music Rights Organisation NPC (SAMRO) on 7 October. The awards celebrate music composers and songwriters.
The 2016 Wawela Music Awards (WMAs) winners were announced by the Southern African Music Rights Organisation NPC (SAMRO) on 7 October. The awards celebrate music composers and songwriters.
Eleven projects were honoured at the 19th Annual BASA Awards, partnered by Hollard and Business Day, during an arts-filled event attended by representatives of the business and arts community...
Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 21 Sep 2016
Howard Audio is thrilled to announce that Adam Howard has once again been nominated for two awards at this year's Wawela Awards - to be held in JHB on 7 October...
Issued by Howard Audio 9 Sep 2016
Music Exchange 2016 (MEX16), featuring influencers in the global music and entertainment economy, will take place at GrandWest Casino and entertainment world between Thursday 8 and Friday 9 September.
Most advertisements can be improved with judicious use of music. (Clearly not print - not yet, at least)...
Chris Brewer 8 Aug 2016
The nominees for the 2016 Wawela Music Awards (WMA) have been announced by The Southern African Music Rights Organisation NPO (SAMRO).
The winners of the 22nd South African Music Awards were announced during a glitzy ceremony at the Durban International Convention Centre on Saturday night.
The inaugural Tshwane Music Festival is to take place in Pretoria from 23 to 25 May, 2016.
Fifteen projects will receive a grant to add value to an already existing partnership between an arts organisation and a business sponsor...
Issued by Business and Arts South Africa 24 Feb 2016
#creativeintersections is an interactive, creative conference presenting interdisciplinarity as an alternate thinking approach taking place at the UJ Arts Centre on 16-17 March...
The fourth annual Wawela Music Awards (WMAs) ceremony will take place in Joburg on Friday, 24 June, 2016.