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IKS Mission
We believe in the power of the arts to imagine new futures, build communities, and transform lives. Our mission is to nurture a vibrant, inclusive African cultural ecosystem where artists, cultural workers, and administrators can thrive.
Through collaboration, knowledge sharing, and collective action, we strengthen the bonds that sustain creativity, uphold good governance, and open pathways for meaningful opportunities.
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South-Ex Project
🎷 SOUTH-EX PROJECT 🎷 About South-Ex is a project conceived by COSCAP (Copyright Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers – Barbados) intended to provide professional development assistance to its members with the following 3 primary…
JAZZ MONTH CELEBRATIONS WITH SACO AND CONCERTS SA
🎷 A Night of Sound, Insight, and Solidarity with SACO and Concerts SA – Celebrating Jazz, Research and Dialogue 🎷 Date: 25 April 2025 Venue: Chiesa di Pazzo Lupi, Melville Hosted by: South African Cultural…
2024 LOBBYING & ADVOCACY: A GLOBAL JOURNEY OF NETWORKING AND PARTNERSHIP
The IKS team travelled the globe in 2024 to secure networks and lobby and advocate for the company’s programmes. June: Maputo – Mozambican Explorations Our exploration project in Mozambique focuses on cultural exchanges and artistic…
Getting & Spending: South African Jazz Musicians’ Earnings and Expenditure 2020 – 2023
Research Report prepared by IKS Consulting for Pro Helvetia November 2023
A Recipe For International Jazz Festival Reciprocity
The World Jazz Network (WJN) held its first conference in 2020 when Jazz NL recognised the devastating impact the COVID pandemic was having on the music sector. Hosted online during the COVID-19 the WJN…
Global Music Awards-SA Bronze Finalist
Cherry Pill Music Productions | Jul 22, 2022 Local violinist Kristel Birkholtz has scooped international acclaim in the Global Music Awards in the instrumental category. Local violinist Kristel Birkholtz has scooped international acclaim in…
Tips On Writing – Tseliso Monaheng
My name is Tseliso Monaheng. I pawn words and pimp phrases for a living. I have been selling off ideas to potential, moneyed baes since 2007. I did this throughout my university education,…
How to Fix a Broken Industry: A South African Hip Hop Case Study – Tseliso Monaheng
Rouge’s New Era Sessions was one of the best out in 2018, but the South African Hip Hop Awards thought that she was only worthy for the Best Female category, when in fact she out-wits…
How Freelancers Pay Rent: A Commoner’s Perspective – Tseliso Monaheng
It’s been five years. Anxiety attacks are a daily occurrence. I have learned a few things though. Here we go: Invoice on Time. Because rent and other bills have a due date, and because…
5 Cliches About Surviving and Thriving in the Music Game that are True – Eeshaam September
Music and the industry around it generates billions of monies every year. It is highly regulated in one or two areas, intellectual property rights and collection/dispersion of monies generated by exploiting those rights, mostly. Beyond…
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