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Talented LGBT+ artist and cabin crew member Aubrey Boshoga was brutally murdered outside his home in South Africa over the weekend.

According to African Aviators, SAA cabin crew member Aubrey Boshoga was stabbed multiple times and cruelly dumped outside his Johannesburg home.

There are several long-standing misconceptions that may prevent people from seeking out the support needed.

Funding was awarded just weeks after the company was registered, and after the event took place. By Raymond Joseph… The National Lotteries Commission (NLC) awarded a half-a-million rand grant to a brand new nonprofit company just two weeks after it was registered, to help pay for a music extravaganza staged by acclaimed South African singer, songwriter and activist Simphiwe Dana. The grant was approved by the NLC on 13 December 2019, a week after the Simphiwe Dana Symphony Experience was sta...

The grant was approved by the NLC on 13 December 2019, a week after the Simphiwe Dana Symphony Experience was staged at the State Theatre in Pretoria on 7 December. Tickets for the show cost between R500 and R1,500. The Department of Arts and Culture was listed as a sponsor in pre-event marketing, but the NLC was not. The Black Carrot Organization was first registered with the Companies and Intellectual Property Commission on 29 November 2019, just two weeks before the concert. Dana, interior ...

Image: FACEBOOK Rising star Ami Faku has scored herself three nods in the 2021 South African Afro Music Awards (Saafma ) that were announced on Friday. Faku, who is sharing the three nominations with Simphiwe Dana, Kelly Khumalo and Vusi Nova, is nominated in the Best Female Artist Award, Best Song of the Year and Best Rising Star. Khumalo is nominated in the Best Female Artist, Best Collaboration, and Best Song of the Year. Nova received two nominations in the Best Collaboration...

Three-concert series featuring Ami Faku, Msaki and Zoë Modiga will be staged at Gold Reef City’s The Lyric Theatre from this coming Saturday.

The singer-songwriter often weighs in on political issues — she hasn’t been shy to raise her voice in the face of what she considers injustice. And this isn’t the first time she has raised issue with the head of the nation. Earlier this month she claimed that the president doesn’t care about the arts. It was sure to bring backlash. That’s the nature of politics: someone is going to get rubbed up the wrong way and panties will be knotted. But what followed wasn’t just backlash, it ...

Simphiwe Dana has a bone to pick the president! Image: Instagram/Simphiwe Dana Singer-songwriter Simphiwe Dana has made her views on SAs leadership crystal clear and in her opinion believes President Cyril Ramaphosa is the “worst president” Mzansi has had. Taking to Twitter, the star was frank about her views on SAs current leadership.  “I know we’re scared to say it. But Ramaphosa is the worst president we have had,” said Simphiwe. I know we’re scared to say it...

Simphiwe Dana set Twitter tongues wagging with her views on Cyril Ramaphosa’s presidency on Sunday, 25 April. The singer-songwriter has been a trending topic on the social media platform, as well as Google search, since making the controversial remarks. RAMAPHOSA IS THE ‘WORST PRESIDENT WE’VE HAD’, SAYS SIMPHIWE DANA Late on Sunday, at 23:02, Dana took to Twitter to say the following: “I know we’re scared to say it. But Ramaphosa is the worst president we have had.” I know we’re...